May 4, 2026

Agenda — Minutes — Video

Emerging Issue: Veterans Claim Consultants

• Montana Veterans Disability Claims Landscape & Legislative Briefing (Veterans Guardian)
• Draft Nebraska CHOICE Act (Veterans Guardian)
• Idaho’s SAVE Act (Veterans Guardian)
• Why Veterans Guardian’s Services are Consistent with Federal Law (Veterans Guardian)
• Safeguarding American Veteran Empowerment (SAVE Act) – Supporting Commonsense Veteran Protections in the States (Veterans Guardian)
• VA Disability Claims Assistance: Separating Fact from Fiction (Veterans Guardian)
• Veterans Guardian Montana Clients’ Prior VSO Utilization (Veterans Guardian)
  
  

Emerging Issue: Residency v. Domicile

• Staff Presentation – Residency v. Domicile
  
  

Emerging Issue: Online Voter Registration

• Staff Memo – Online Voter Registration
• SB 8 (2025) – Online Voter Registration
• The Paths for Voter Registration (Bipartisan Policy Center)
• NCSL Brief: Online Voter Registration
  
  

SJ 35 Study

• Staff Presentation – UOCAVA Overview & Data
• SJ 35 Study Plan (Updated May 2026)
  
  

Election Support Pilot Program

• Staff Presentation – Poll Worker Recruitment: Laws & Proposals in Other States
  
  

Administrative Rule Review

• April Rule Review Memo
  
  

HJ 48 Study

• Staff Memo – Summary of Committee Work on HJ 48 Study (March 2026)
• Staff Spreadsheet – Election Calendar Model #1
• Staff Spreadsheet – Election Calendar Model #2
• Staff Spreadsheet – Election Calendar Model #3
• Staff Spreadsheet – Presidential Primary Dates 2000-2028
• Staff Handout – Primary Date Count by Month 2000-2028
• MASBO Testimony re. HJ 48 (April 2026)
• Michael Waterman Email re. HJ 48 (April 2026)
  
  

Department of Administration

• DOA Presentation
  
  

Office of the Secretary of State

• Presidential Executive Order 14399: “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections”
  
  

Committee Work Session

• Committee Legislation Idea Tracker (Updated May 2026)
• PD1 – Forwardable Voter Registration Notifications
• PD2 – Changing Frequency of Death Notifications to County Clerks
• PD3 – Aligning Special District & School Election Filing Deadlines
• PD4 – Providing Funding for 3 Additional VSOs
• SAVA Work Plan (Adopted September 2025)
• Committee Subpoena Process
  
  

Meeting Wrap-up

• SAVA Meeting Chart (Updated May 2026)
  
  

Public Comment

• Public Comment for May 4, 2026 SAVA Meeting
  
  

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