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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revising the process for written plans of conduct for mail elections"
+description: "Revising the process for written plans of conduct for mail elections"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 527"
+citation: "Montana HB 527 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections", "Public Officers and Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Morgan Thiel"]
+version_count: 43
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-11-29T14:36:21+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-19T22:21:13+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea8c7e90-c143-40a8-bf12-07eb2c83cf7b"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2058?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "f150eb681a69665a5cc118c6d289e01df1064c3abe9628a04dada060be1ac36c"
+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 527 (2025) — Revising the process for written plans of conduct for mail elections
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0527.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287081)
+2. **HB0527.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287077)
+3. **HB0527.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287345)
+4. **HB0527.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306067)
+5. **HB0527_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283746)
+6. **HB0527_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287515)
+7. **HB0527_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287516)
+8. **HB0527_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287517)
+9. **HB0527_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287518)
+10. **HB0527_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283457)
+11. **HB0527_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287520)
+12. **HB0527_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293972)
+13. **HB0527_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306037)
+14. **HB0527_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306462)
+15. **HB0527_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306463)
+16. **HB0527_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306464)
+17. **HB0527_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306465)
+18. **HB0527_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287522)
+19. **HB0527_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287523)
+20. **HB0527_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287629)
+21. **HB0527_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287630)
+22. **HB0527_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287633)
+23. **HB0527_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287635)
+24. **HB0527_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287651)
+25. **HB0527_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293829)
+26. **HB0527_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287519)
+27. **HB0527_3(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306553)
+28. **HB0527_3(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308977)
+29. **HB0527_3(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314117)
+30. **HB0527_3(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314123)
+31. **HB0527_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306548)
+32. **HB0527_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314125)
+33. **HB0527_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326476)
+34. **HB0527_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314438)
+35. **HB0527_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314439)
+36. **HB0527_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317183)
+37. **HB0527_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320739)
+38. **HB0527_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323293)
+39. **HB0527_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323294)
+40. **HB0527_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323295)
+41. **HB0527_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325076)
+42. **HB0527_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314124)
+43. **LC2058.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281779)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **91–7** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **91–8** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass_as_amended — **18–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Morgan Thiel — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-29T14:36:21+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-12-02T18:03:47+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
+- **2025-02-03T18:21:56+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2025-02-10T20:23:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-11T01:21:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-13T03:41:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-13T19:18:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-13T23:42:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-15T20:02:11+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-17T23:03:29+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-18T14:23:15+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-02-18T18:15:56+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-18T19:39:53+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-21T22:57:36+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2025-02-25T18:29:11+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-25T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05T17:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-07T16:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-03-14T23:06:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14T23:24:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25T14:31:13+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2025-04-07T23:25:52+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
+- **2025-04-08T19:23:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
+- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10T17:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T21:38:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-12T00:05:17+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-16T20:03:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-17T22:00:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-18T20:01:57+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-22T20:28:03+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-05-02T17:00:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-05-06T20:00:07+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-13T18:50:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19T22:21:13+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/ea8c7e90-c143-40a8-bf12-07eb2c83cf7b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+