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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise change-of-name laws"
+description: "Revise change-of-name laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 65"
+citation: "Montana SB 65 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Corrections", "Crimes"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Vance"]
+version_count: 36
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-09-24T14:27:18+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-08T21:43:15+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9a088d9-c6d5-4493-b287-ce9c97c1af91"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0298?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "fc1f3f4ea1ee72e583bb1c7c85d46f0bddf5f8d99551b9fb9dd39307ef465f00"
+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 65 (2025) — Revise change-of-name laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **LC0298.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265654)
+2. **SB0065.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274098)
+3. **SB0065_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269194)
+4. **SB0065_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275116)
+5. **SB0065_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276186)
+6. **SB0065_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277181)
+7. **SB0065_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277182)
+8. **SB0065_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277183)
+9. **SB0065_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277184)
+10. **SB0065_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269193)
+11. **SB0065_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277186)
+12. **SB0065_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309069)
+13. **SB0065_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277188)
+14. **SB0065_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277189)
+15. **SB0065_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277254)
+16. **SB0065_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277255)
+17. **SB0065_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277280)
+18. **SB0065_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278517)
+19. **SB0065_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306322)
+20. **SB0065_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309068)
+21. **SB0065_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277185)
+22. **SB0065_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309071)
+23. **SB0065_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321740)
+24. **SB0065_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321775)
+25. **SB0065_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324732)
+26. **SB0065_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325702)
+27. **SB0065_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327289)
+28. **SB0065_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309072)
+29. **SB0065_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309108)
+30. **SB0065_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309109)
+31. **SB0065_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310933)
+32. **SB0065_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316870)
+33. **SB0065_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320446)
+34. **SB0065_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321738)
+35. **SB0065_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321739)
+36. **SB0065_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309070)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- do_pass_as_amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Shelley Vance — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-09-24T14:27:18+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2024-09-25T22:26:12+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
+- **2024-10-10T15:24:54+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2024-10-10T15:31:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2024-10-23T21:22:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2024-10-29T17:15:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2024-11-11T15:30:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2024-11-17T18:24:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2024-11-18T22:23:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2024-12-16T20:11:36+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2024-12-16T20:11:49+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2025-01-06T21:50:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-01-14T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-15T21:32:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2025-01-29T18:21:22+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-29T18:59:56+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-29T22:47:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-31T20:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-03T21:42:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-03T22:15:11+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2025-02-04T16:58:37+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-04T20:10:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-03-28T23:09:55+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-03-31T17:49:33+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-03T20:36:58+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-08T17:04:02+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-08T21:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
+- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10T21:22:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T23:44:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T23:44:31+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-12T15:26:52+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-05T18:22:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-08T21:43:15+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/d9a088d9-c6d5-4493-b287-ce9c97c1af91`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+