---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise campaign finance reporting laws for new political party"
description: "Generally revise campaign finance reporting laws for new political party"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 363"
citation: "Montana SB 363 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Ankney"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-12-02"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92a2c000-3803-453f-b7ef-8984b9615f3c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=363&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "55aa135b97c11d880b2c5550335d0005a8740200cb8dcd1c865d5dfa90d60c65"
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 363 (2019) — Generally revise campaign finance reporting laws for new political party

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0363_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0363_1.pdf)
2. **SB0363_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0363_2.pdf)
3. **SB0363_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0363_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0363.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur As Amended — **62–38** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Dudik D/CONCUR — **44–56** (fail) · lower
- AMD-002 Garner D/CONCUR — **80–19** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **61–36** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **5–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duane Ankney — 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
- **2019-01-30** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-22** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-03-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-23** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-23** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-23** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-29** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-29** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-05** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** 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/92a2c000-3803-453f-b7ef-8984b9615f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).