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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise election laws related to accessibility for disabled electors"
+description: "Revise election laws related to accessibility for disabled electors"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 15"
+citation: "Montana SB 15 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Officers (see also: Local Government)", "Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Schools and Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Janet Ellis"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-06-25"
+last_action: "2021-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b7805bb-61ba-47a8-91d2-8542ae2fde95"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=15&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "4c4672ca9d16039f397fbb32dda46e908dc477700946dfb082a28f6761982774"
+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 15 (2021) — Revise election laws related to accessibility for disabled electors
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0015_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0015_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0015_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0015_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0015.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **95–5** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **41–9** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **96–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **38–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Janet Ellis — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-06-25** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-11-06** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2020-11-06** Draft in Edit
+- **2020-11-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2020-11-09** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-11-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-11-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-11-23** Executive Director Review
+- **2020-11-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-11-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-11-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-11-30** Executive Director Review
+- **2020-11-30** Draft in Assembly
+- **2020-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2020-12-23** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-23** Amendments Available
+- **2021-01-25** Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-02** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-04** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-05** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-05** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-02-09** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-12** Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-18** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-02-19** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-02-24** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-02-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-10** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-11** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-16** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5b7805bb-61ba-47a8-91d2-8542ae2fde95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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