---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise election judge qualifications"
description: "Revise election judge qualifications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Montana SB 163 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-02"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f435e2cd-d9ca-4d41-b57e-d59edc8cb37a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC1400&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "7ef84d31d9836ea0ef05dbeaeef69d34d84bad358eb88b5ad2adb87d751d489c"
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 163 (2017) — Revise election judge qualifications

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0163.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **45–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-23** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing
- **2017-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing
- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-27** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-28** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-12** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f435e2cd-d9ca-4d41-b57e-d59edc8cb37a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).