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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Expedite seized property after law investigation"
+description: "Expedite seized property after law investigation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 288"
+citation: "Montana SB 288 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"]
+version_count: 16
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2025-01-21T20:00:27+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-18T20:22:23+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d04806fa-7b25-4b1a-b522-1feeb27625ed"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4301?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "37af1745cf6adca5c9773fe95b6512ba75b3de3bee8d2cdb052a5c2af930f5fc"
+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 288 (2025) — Expedite seized property after law investigation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **LC4301.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279546)
+2. **SB0288.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285339)
+3. **SB0288.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285340)
+4. **SB0288_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280954)
+5. **SB0288_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282969)
+6. **SB0288_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287821)
+7. **SB0288_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297538)
+8. **SB0288_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302208)
+9. **SB0288_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280680)
+10. **SB0288_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316630)
+11. **SB0288_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320221)
+12. **SB0288_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321349)
+13. **SB0288_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321350)
+14. **SB0288_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321351)
+15. **SB0288_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324589)
+16. **SB0288_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310690)
+
+## Votes
+
+- do_pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Denley Loge — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-21T20:00:27+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-02-04T05:50:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-04T22:39:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-06T16:51:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-07T00:33:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-07T22:28:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-10T16:04:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-10T23:27:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-11T14:18:39+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2025-02-11T20:29:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-11T21:12:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-14T00:51:49+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-02-14T01:15:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-02-21T17:56:44+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-21T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-24T20:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-25T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-25T22:15:53+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2025-02-26T17:11:55+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-26T20:21:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-17T19:15:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-03-24T17:27:28+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-03-25T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-29T17:42:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-31T20:07:25+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-02T17:38:39+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-07T16:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-08T16:00:47+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-18T20:22:23+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/d04806fa-7b25-4b1a-b522-1feeb27625ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+