---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting foreign nationals from certain campaign practices"
description: "Prohibiting foreign nationals from certain campaign practices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 326"
citation: "Montana SB 326 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nate McConnell"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-29"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91e0a14b-1f9f-42f4-9a59-048b61a82153"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=326&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "f92c90b9bd7eb2cf070dc70e5cc0c3d7d509209301e89054ec2adfedede8cbd3"
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 326 (2019) — Prohibiting foreign nationals from certain campaign practices

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0326_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0326_1.pdf)
2. **SB0326_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0326_2.pdf)
3. **SB0326_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0326_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0326.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Rerefer State Admin to Judiciary-Thomas — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **70–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nate McConnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-29** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-08** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-21** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-27** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-18** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-19** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-20** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-03-21** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-05** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-24** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91e0a14b-1f9f-42f4-9a59-048b61a82153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).