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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise election laws related to active and inactive voter lists"
+description: "Revise election laws related to active and inactive voter lists"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 423"
+citation: "Montana HB 423 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties", "Elections"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Kathy Love"]
+version_count: 35
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-11-22T18:51:42+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-05T15:45:09+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89709e1-977a-412c-adfb-38d25ed463d3"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1853?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "f4813a67bd5f3e5fb4215acd4c3fc2d6589be849dedf586cc359c3390785f5d5"
+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 HB 423 (2025) — Revise election laws related to active and inactive voter lists
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0423.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284684)
+2. **HB0423.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300041)
+3. **HB0423.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303943)
+4. **HB0423_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280082)
+5. **HB0423_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286840)
+6. **HB0423_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286841)
+7. **HB0423_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286842)
+8. **HB0423_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286843)
+9. **HB0423_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279911)
+10. **HB0423_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286845)
+11. **HB0423_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286846)
+12. **HB0423_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286847)
+13. **HB0423_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286895)
+14. **HB0423_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286981)
+15. **HB0423_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289949)
+16. **HB0423_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301885)
+17. **HB0423_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310093)
+18. **HB0423_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310102)
+19. **HB0423_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286844)
+20. **HB0423_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310120)
+21. **HB0423_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321469)
+22. **HB0423_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321470)
+23. **HB0423_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324654)
+24. **HB0423_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326378)
+25. **HB0423_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327605)
+26. **HB0423_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310121)
+27. **HB0423_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310396)
+28. **HB0423_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310397)
+29. **HB0423_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310398)
+30. **HB0423_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316513)
+31. **HB0423_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320125)
+32. **HB0423_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321296)
+33. **HB0423_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321468)
+34. **HB0423_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310104)
+35. **LC1853.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269362)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do_pass_as_amended — **18–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **30–19** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **82–18** (pass) · lower
+- be_concurred_in — **5–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **31–17** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **79–19** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Kathy Love — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-22T18:51:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-12-17T17:57:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2024-12-19T21:40:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2024-12-20T16:42:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2024-12-20T19:11:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2024-12-23T20:10:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2024-12-24T15:37:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-22T19:54:25+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
+- **2025-01-24T18:05:46+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-28T16:00:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-28T16:05:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-30T03:44:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-30T14:46:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-31T16:13:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-31T16:38:27+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-07T15:03:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-07T15:07:15+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-07T18:08:21+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-07T20:05:13+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-18T16:47:27+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2025-02-24T16:36:03+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-24T22:02:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-27T20:54:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-28T20:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-28T20:40:44+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-03-04T00:05:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-12T14:48:01+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2025-03-31T23:16:50+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
+- **2025-04-01T19:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
+- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-12T17:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14T17:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-14T17:55:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-15T16:59:49+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T22:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T13:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-01T21:14:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-05T15:45:09+00:00** 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/b89709e1-977a-412c-adfb-38d25ed463d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+