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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Enhance legislative understanding of state-tribal relations"
+description: "Enhance legislative understanding of state-tribal relations"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 311"
+citation: "Montana SB 311 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Indians", "Legislature"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shane Morigeau"]
+version_count: 29
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-09-04T18:32:45+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-13T13:29:17+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aa60159-415f-48cc-b916-0b58ff43534e"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0130?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "68eed269a7c4bdc298d623cf8066ba7af3993bbf9ca723b439ba82045d92e073"
+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 311 (2025) — Enhance legislative understanding of state-tribal relations
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **LC0130.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269364)
+2. **SB0311.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291444)
+3. **SB0311_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282595)
+4. **SB0311_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292633)
+5. **SB0311_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292634)
+6. **SB0311_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292635)
+7. **SB0311_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292636)
+8. **SB0311_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281909)
+9. **SB0311_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292638)
+10. **SB0311_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300058)
+11. **SB0311_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309197)
+12. **SB0311_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309198)
+13. **SB0311_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292650)
+14. **SB0311_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292651)
+15. **SB0311_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292654)
+16. **SB0311_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292657)
+17. **SB0311_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292658)
+18. **SB0311_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292659)
+19. **SB0311_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292661)
+20. **SB0311_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293371)
+21. **SB0311_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292637)
+22. **SB0311_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316907)
+23. **SB0311_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320482)
+24. **SB0311_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322659)
+25. **SB0311_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322660)
+26. **SB0311_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322661)
+27. **SB0311_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324946)
+28. **SB0311_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325615)
+29. **SB0311_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310970)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **45–5** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **86–13** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **81–19** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass_as_amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **16–3** (pass) · lower
+- be_concurred_in — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shane Morigeau — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-09-04T18:32:45+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-12-16T15:28:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2024-12-16T20:11:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2024-12-20T16:57:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2024-12-22T22:30:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2024-12-23T20:08:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2024-12-24T15:34:10+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-11T19:38:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-13T17:38:54+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2025-02-13T20:19:15+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-14T17:26:30+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2025-02-14T18:37:42+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-28T00:43:13+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
+- **2025-03-03T16:07:13+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2025-03-03T16:07:20+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2025-03-03T19:21:05+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2025-03-04T19:12:55+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05T15:56:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06T02:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06T19:29:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06T20:25:21+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2025-03-07T17:20:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-18T14:14:01+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2025-03-28T16:31:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
+- **2025-03-28T20:01:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
+- **2025-04-09T21:52:30+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10T00:00:34+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
+- **2025-04-10T00:12:46+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
+- **2025-04-10T15:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
+- **2025-04-11T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T16:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T23:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T23:57:47+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-13T15:20:43+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-21T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-29T22:15:14+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-30T16:55:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-09T02:41:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13T13:29:17+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/5aa60159-415f-48cc-b916-0b58ff43534e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+