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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Require county clerks to accept electronic notarizations"
+description: "Require county clerks to accept electronic notarizations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 330"
+citation: "Montana SB 330 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "County Officers (see also: Local Government)", "Documents"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-09-14T17:21:05+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-04T18:48:08+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a4eda88-ffda-41fd-b131-77a2ee7397f1"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0329"
+source_hash: "4249ed0fe3bdcb33fa0ef661229559e1b02b79f80e94fea1cdb8312db7153e9e"
+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 330 (2023) — Require county clerks to accept electronic notarizations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0330_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7387)
+2. **SB0330_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7386)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **90–7** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **15–1** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **91–5** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **46–4** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **48–2** (pass) · upper
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Greg Hertz — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-04T18:48:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04T16:17:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-18T23:29:07+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-18T23:29:06+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-14T20:24:05+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-14T19:38:02+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
+- **2023-04-13T22:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12T14:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-07T14:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-06T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-04T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-03-15T21:45:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-15T21:00:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03T18:24:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-03-03T05:28:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-03T01:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02T23:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-02T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-01T22:46:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-27T21:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-27T21:30:38+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-02-17T21:07:49+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
+- **2023-02-14T20:18:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-14T18:03:52+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-14T16:15:17+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13T23:47:34+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2023-02-13T22:28:29+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-02-13T18:14:42+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-12T20:55:46+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-02-12T20:55:42+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-12T20:04:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-02-12T19:45:50+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-02-12T19:02:29+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-12T19:02:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-02-11T23:01:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-02-11T20:26:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-02-08T21:59:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-02-08T19:45:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-02-08T18:33:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-09-14T17:21:05+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a4eda88-ffda-41fd-b131-77a2ee7397f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+