---
title: "Lance Melton: Montana lobbying record"
description: "Lance Melton, a lobbyist in Montana: registrations, authorizations and L-5 reports."
type: "lobbying"
name: "Lance Melton"
slug: "lobbying/lance-melton-e608263"
roles:
  - "lobbyist"
session: "2025-2026"
public_url: "https://tcers-public.406dc.net/lobbying/608263"
data_through: "2026-10-02"
generated_at: "2026-10-02"
source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)"
---

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# Lance Melton: Montana lobbying record

In the 2025-2026 session, Lance Melton was a lobbyist (license issued 2024-11-26) representing 1 principal: Montana School Boards Association. Data through 2026-10-02.

A lobbyist is a person paid to lobby the Montana Legislature for a principal. A lobbyist is licensed by the Commissioner of Political Practices for each two-year session and is authorized by each principal they represent. Lobbyists do not file the L-5; the principals they work for do.

Lance Melton's lobbying record on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/lobbying/608263

## Lance Melton, lobbyist, session 2025-2026: principals represented, data through 2026-10-02

License: issued 2024-11-26.

- [Montana School Boards Association](/lobbying/montana-school-boards-association-e815240/), authorized 2024-11-22

## Lance Melton, lobbyist, session 2025-2026: principals represented, data through 2026-10-02

License: not issued.

None on record.

## Lance Melton, lobbyist, session 2023-2024: principals represented, data through 2026-10-02

License: issued 2023-01-10.

- Montana School Boards Association, authorized 2022-12-20

## Lance Melton, lobbyist, session 2021-2022: principals represented, data through 2026-10-02

License: not issued.

- Montana School Boards Association, authorized 2021-01-12

## What this record does not say about Lance Melton, data through 2026-10-02

It does not say how any legislator voted or whether any bill passed. A declared subject position is the principal's own statement of interest. L-5 totals are the nine lines the principal reported, as the state totals each report.