---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise campaign practices vote disclosure requirements"
description: "Revise campaign practices vote disclosure requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 154"
citation: "Montana SB 154 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Sales"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-09-10"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/877acdc1-fa1e-4c4d-82a5-0f7bdfdbcc51"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=154&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "546726394562cb510bf33020cd10d4cddae7cbb61e07a78d1ff926e13717dd28"
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 154 (2019) — Revise campaign practices vote disclosure requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0154_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0154_1.pdf)
2. **SB0154_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0154_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0154.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scott Sales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-10** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-13** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-17** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** Hearing
- **2019-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-08** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/877acdc1-fa1e-4c4d-82a5-0f7bdfdbcc51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).