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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise the Uniform Commercial Code"
+description: "Generally revise the Uniform Commercial Code"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 426"
+citation: "Montana SB 426 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Credit Transactions"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Vince Ricci"]
+version_count: 17
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-09-04T18:26:06+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-19T19:42:27+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eeb5746a-6fc2-44ec-a50d-9c293d02bf6f"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0118?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "6f96efea5ba42eb28f026182928e9eacbbbaef3ffb1ab887abf08924aee31796"
+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 426 (2025) — Generally revise the Uniform Commercial Code
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **LC0118.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285494)
+2. **SB0426_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287026)
+3. **SB0426_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293388)
+4. **SB0426_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298112)
+5. **SB0426_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300635)
+6. **SB0426_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300636)
+7. **SB0426_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285854)
+8. **SB0426_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316581)
+9. **SB0426_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320181)
+10. **SB0426_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321261)
+11. **SB0426_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321262)
+12. **SB0426_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321263)
+13. **SB0426_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323107)
+14. **SB0426_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323114)
+15. **SB0426_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325024)
+16. **SB0426_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325535)
+17. **SB0426_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323115)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **88–12** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **87–12** (pass) · lower
+- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **34–15** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · upper
+- do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Vince Ricci — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-09-04T18:26:06+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-02-08T19:02:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-02-08T19:40:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-02-21T16:48:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-02-21T21:15:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-02-21T21:16:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-02-21T22:03:52+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-02-21T22:35:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-02-21T23:33:39+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2025-02-24T20:16:12+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-24T20:41:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-01T05:45:07+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
+- **2025-03-04T19:03:20+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-04T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-05T23:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06T19:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-06T20:25:40+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2025-03-07T17:15:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13T15:56:22+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2025-03-13T22:52:00+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2025-03-13T22:55:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-21T20:28:28+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2025-03-25T16:48:40+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2025-03-25T19:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-27T20:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-03-28T19:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-28T19:27:49+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-03-30T13:27:27+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-08T15:45:31+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`
+- **2025-04-19T19:42:27+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/eeb5746a-6fc2-44ec-a50d-9c293d02bf6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+