--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise election laws related to public notices" description: "Revise election laws related to public notices" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 115" citation: "Montana SB 115 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Elections"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wendy McKamey"] version_count: 16 action_count: 35 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-09-24T17:44:49+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T13:40:10+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faa63f02-a7db-4471-8e08-3f3418393dc8" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0311?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "0f7c33750902aae881fdfbcb4ce9734bdcabd2f9ebe3369392854578993c753c" 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 115 (2025) — Revise election laws related to public notices ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC0311.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269410) 2. **SB0115_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271828) 3. **SB0115_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275261) 4. **SB0115_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276318) 5. **SB0115_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278519) 6. **SB0115_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295806) 7. **SB0115_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301129) 8. **SB0115_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270374) 9. **SB0115_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301128) 10. **SB0115_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316601) 11. **SB0115_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320196) 12. **SB0115_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322272) 13. **SB0115_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324844) 14. **SB0115_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325752) 15. **SB0115_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327052) 16. **SB0115_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310648) ## Votes - do_pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **96–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **19–0** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Wendy McKamey — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-24T17:44:49+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-19T22:42:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-12-20T15:28:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2024-12-23T23:30:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2024-12-24T21:55:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2024-12-26T14:47:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2024-12-26T17:29:34+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-07T22:31:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-10T20:09:03+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-10T20:13:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-01-15T19:26:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2025-01-25T01:40:47+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration - **2025-01-27T23:54:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage` - **2025-01-28T20:44:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage` - **2025-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-01-31T20:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-03T21:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-03T22:15:15+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-04T16:58:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2025-02-04T20:11:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-07T22:48:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-20T16:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-20T19:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-28T20:47:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-29T18:02:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-29T18:02:47+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-01T14:08:10+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-02T17:00:20+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T15:00:15+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-18T13:40:10+00:00** 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/faa63f02-a7db-4471-8e08-3f3418393dc8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).