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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Eliminate absentee requirement to return unvoted party ballot"
+description: "Eliminate absentee requirement to return unvoted party ballot"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 101"
+citation: "Montana SB 101 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-10-24"
+last_action: "2019-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1ed5aec-a725-4321-aa5d-fd57074469f1"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=101&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "44b86972cbd3cc55bd5015e8ccde6f110643dcda55b84e2b909edfc3f194d1e5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
+---
+
+# Montana SB 101 (2019) — Eliminate absentee requirement to return unvoted party ballot
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0101_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0101_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0101_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0101_x.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0101.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **93–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Keith Regier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-10-24** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-12-26** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-03** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-01-04** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2019-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-01-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-04** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-01-05** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-10** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-21** Hearing
+- **2019-01-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-01-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-01-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-30** Transmitted to House
+- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-14** Hearing
+- **2019-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Returned to Senate
+- **2019-04-02** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-03** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-05** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-09** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-17** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1ed5aec-a725-4321-aa5d-fd57074469f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+