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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise voter ID laws"
+description: "Generally revise voter ID laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 169"
+citation: "Montana SB 169 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 77
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2020-11-27"
+last_action: "2021-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5016c47-df55-47d9-ba28-bcd9c706921a"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=169&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "f3d9a88c29b0ddb416d4184eca309a5b63feae873b95f2fc3d6f3623ad43fe53"
+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 169 (2021) — Generally revise voter ID laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0169_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0169_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0169_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0169_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0169_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0169_3.pdf)
+4. **SB0169_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0169_4.pdf)
+5. **SB0169_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0169_X.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0169.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **5–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **31–18** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–7** (pass) · lower
+- AMD-001 Mr. Speaker D/PASS — **55–45** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass As Amended — **66–34** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **65–33** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-27** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-20** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-20** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-21** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-21** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-21** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-22** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2021-01-22** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-22** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-23** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-23** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-26** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2021-01-26** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-27** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-27** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-27** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-27** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-27** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-27** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-27** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-28** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-02-08** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-09** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-02-09** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-11** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-02-15** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-18** Hearing Canceled - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-02-19** Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-03-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-03-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-03-17** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-24** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-26** Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-30** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-31** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-31** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-06** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-06** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-12** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-19** 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/e5016c47-df55-47d9-ba28-bcd9c706921a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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