---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require sponsor be appointed to legislative referendum ballot committees"
description: "Require sponsor be appointed to legislative referendum ballot committees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Montana SB 231 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Issues (see also: Elections)", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bryce Bennett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-02"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db10a71c-68c4-4d02-895f-772a128c78b8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=231&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "2ea7c4bfbf8205cbe728e7f4b81f22704ab623e433e915806252b90747220478"
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 231 (2019) — Require sponsor be appointed to legislative referendum ballot committees

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0231_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0231_1.pdf)
2. **SB0231_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0231_2.pdf)
3. **SB0231_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0231_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0231.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **70–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bryce Bennett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-14** Draft On Hold
- **2018-12-17** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-01** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-13** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-16** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-06** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/db10a71c-68c4-4d02-895f-772a128c78b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).