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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Allow late registrant absentee ballots to be dropped off at polling locations"
+description: "Allow late registrant absentee ballots to be dropped off at polling locations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 148"
+citation: "Montana SB 148 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryce Bennett"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-12-02"
+last_action: "2019-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dccf5f05-1789-4eae-b71e-4f535eb8225b"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=148&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "9b9ab056fafdc6b4556bea3e16b2112cdbe005fdd700f5389527cca3f27cd2f0"
+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 148 (2019) — Allow late registrant absentee ballots to be dropped off at polling locations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0148_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0148_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0148_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0148_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0148_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0148_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0148.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **34–16** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **54–43** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **5–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **61–39** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryce Bennett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-02** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-12-26** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2018-12-31** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2018-12-31** Draft in Edit
+- **2018-12-31** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2018-12-31** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-01-02** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-02** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-02** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-01-02** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-01-03** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-04** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-07** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2019-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-09** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-01-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-10** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-01** Hearing
+- **2019-02-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-07** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-07** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-13** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-02-14** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-14** Transmitted to House
+- **2019-02-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-18** 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`
+- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dccf5f05-1789-4eae-b71e-4f535eb8225b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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