---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise campaign finance laws"
description: "Generally revise campaign finance laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 319"
citation: "Montana SB 319 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 76
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-08-27"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/883c477c-051e-4975-8ed2-d8a4c3400c1e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=319&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "926dc3123a908fa9906b2b2f06792156a7531cff451101f7fdc0301ce61b317e"
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 319 (2021) — Generally revise campaign finance laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0319_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0319_1.pdf)
2. **SB0319_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0319_2.pdf)
3. **SB0319_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0319_3.pdf)
4. **SB0319_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0319_4.pdf)
5. **SB0319_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0319_5.pdf)
6. **SB0319_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0319_X.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0319.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Not Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **52–45** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **66–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **57–43** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **63–33** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 McKamey D/PASS — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-27** Draft Request Received
- **2020-09-03** Draft On Hold
- **2021-01-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-02-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-12** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-20** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-23** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-26** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-01** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-19** Tabled in Committee - (H) State Administration `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-03-23** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-23** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-27** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-02** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/883c477c-051e-4975-8ed2-d8a4c3400c1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).