---
type: "Bill"
title: "Close late voter registration on Friday before the election"
description: "Close late voter registration on Friday before the election"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Montana HB 176 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Greef"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-10-26"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc4999a-02ea-49d5-9a3d-10e5f7624183"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=176&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "f51d6f98d02197745507b101ab698f8adcd8bd21c10fdbbfb66021e6089a47d9"
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 HB 176 (2021) — Close late voter registration on Friday before the election

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0176_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0176_1.pdf)
2. **HB0176_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0176_2.pdf)
3. **HB0176_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0176_3.pdf)
4. **HB0176_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0176_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0176.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Tschida D/PASS — **44–56** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **61–39** (pass) · lower
- Uphold the Ruling of the Chair — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Greef — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-26** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-12** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-01-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-28** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-29** Tabled in Committee - (H) State Administration `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-02-02** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) State Administration
- **2021-02-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-04** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2021-02-04** Motion Carried
- **2021-02-04** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-05** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adc4999a-02ea-49d5-9a3d-10e5f7624183`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).