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Sierra Club: Montana lobbying record

In the 2025-2026 session, Sierra Club was registered as a lobbying principal, authorized 1 lobbyist, and filed 2 L-5 reports reporting $16,000.00 in total, as the state totals each report. Data through 2026-10-02.

A principal is a person or organization that pays someone to lobby the Montana Legislature. Principals register with the Commissioner of Political Practices and file the L-5 Lobbying Financial Report, which lists what they paid their lobbyists and what they spent to support lobbying.

Sierra Club's lobbying record on the Montana campaign finance public site: https://tcers-public.406dc.net/lobbying/820911

Sierra Club, principal, session 2025-2026: lobbyists authorized, data through 2026-10-02

Sierra Club, principal, session 2025-2026: subjects and declared positions, rows 1 to 9 of 9, data through 2026-10-02

Subject Position declared Bills named
Sierra Club, principal, session 2025-2026: subjects and declared positions, rows 1 to 9 of 9, data through 2026-10-02
SB 221 Oppose SB 221
HB 703 Oppose HB 703
HB 587 Oppose HB 587
HB 285 Oppose HB 285
Natural resources/land use/water Not recorded None named
HB 291 Oppose HB 291
HB 270 Oppose HB 270
Government/regulation Not recorded None named
Energy/conservation Not recorded None named

Subjects are what the principal registered as its interests, with the position it declared. They do not say how any vote went.

Sierra Club: L-5 reports filed, every session, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-10-02

Report Session Received Total for report
Sierra Club: L-5 reports filed, every session, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-10-02
Session Year End 2025-2026 2026-02-11 $0.00
Post Session 2025-2026 2025-05-29 $16,000.00

The L-5 Lobbying Financial Report is filed by the principal. It reports payments to lobbyists and the costs of supporting lobbying on nine lines, and itemizes entertainment by who was paid and whom it was for.

Sierra Club, L-5 Session Year End received 2026-02-11: payments and expenditures, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-10-02

Line Amount
Sierra Club, L-5 Session Year End received 2026-02-11: payments and expenditures, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-10-02
1. Total Lobbyist Pay Not filed
2. Other Pay Not filed
3. Travel Not filed
4. Advertising (including production costs) Not filed
5. Entertainment (including all foods and refreshments) Not filed
6. Communication (including telephone, fax, e-mail) Not filed
7. Postage Not filed
8. Printing Not filed
9. Other Office Expenses Not filed
Total for report $0.00

Sierra Club, L-5 Post Session received 2025-05-29: payments and expenditures, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-10-02

Line Amount
Sierra Club, L-5 Post Session received 2025-05-29: payments and expenditures, rows 1 to 10 of 10, data through 2026-10-02
1. Total Lobbyist Pay $16,000.00
2. Other Pay $0.00
3. Travel $0.00
4. Advertising (including production costs) $0.00
5. Entertainment (including all foods and refreshments) $0.00
6. Communication (including telephone, fax, e-mail) $0.00
7. Postage $0.00
8. Printing $0.00
9. Other Office Expenses $0.00
Total for report $16,000.00

What this record does not say about Sierra Club, 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.