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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise provisions related to poll watchers"
+description: "Revise provisions related to poll watchers"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 93"
+citation: "Montana SB 93 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gordon Vance"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-10-30"
+last_action: "2021-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ea0acaa-d9d9-4972-a9b8-a2f27deda80d"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=93&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "1cb60923fdf763d56e80d4b95fc911fd7f8e284c9b498f9696ff437f5741c62c"
+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 93 (2021) — Revise provisions related to poll watchers
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0093_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0093_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0093_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0093_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0093.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **75–23** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **89–11** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gordon Vance — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-30** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-12-16** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-16** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-16** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-21** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2020-12-22** Draft in Edit
+- **2020-12-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2020-12-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-12-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-12-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-12-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-12-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-28** Draft in Assembly
+- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-25** Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-01-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-02** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-03** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-03** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-02-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-02-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-03-17** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-27** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-30** 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/8ea0acaa-d9d9-4972-a9b8-a2f27deda80d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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