---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to declaration of marriage"
description: "Revise laws related to declaration of marriage"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 255"
citation: "Montana SB 255 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Documents", "Family Law (see also: Minors)", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edith (Edie) McClafferty"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-10-18"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c96dd377-1ffa-40c0-8ab6-adf94e0a723c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=255&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "ee116f33bcb6916a876545521968bc5b23bd22c918c0a8f0e00da5ac08d67bfc"
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 255 (2019) — Revise laws related to declaration of marriage

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0255_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0255_1.pdf)
2. **SB0255_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0255_2.pdf)
3. **SB0255_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0255_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0255.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **88–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **91–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **39–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edith (Edie) McClafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-18** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-28** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-31** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-31** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-01** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-19** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-26** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** 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/c96dd377-1ffa-40c0-8ab6-adf94e0a723c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).