---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide that only contested precinct committee men/women need to be on the primary election ballot"
description: "Provide that only contested precinct committee men/women need to be on the primary election ballot"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "Montana SB 184 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Regier"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-29T17:16:44+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T13:52:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6447a23a-4003-4868-a5b1-e8f6960b96bb"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2165?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "59a52bddb3422ce23ecba98f211df2fdd87108be114d130145ac6f6583cfc51c"
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 184 (2025) — Provide that only contested precinct committee men/women need to be on the primary election ballot

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2165.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269409)
2. **SB0184_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273634)
3. **SB0184_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275466)
4. **SB0184_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276513)
5. **SB0184_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282212)
6. **SB0184_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295808)
7. **SB0184_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299912)
8. **SB0184_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272997)
9. **SB0184_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299911)
10. **SB0184_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316560)
11. **SB0184_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320161)
12. **SB0184_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321368)
13. **SB0184_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321369)
14. **SB0184_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324594)
15. **SB0184_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326507)
16. **SB0184_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327054)
17. **SB0184_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327881)
18. **SB0184_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310600)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-29T17:16:44+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-16T15:56:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-19T20:45:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-23T23:29:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-24T21:56:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-26T14:45:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-26T17:30:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-21T16:29:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-21T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-21T20:18:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22T19:33:39+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-01T00:22:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-07T23:49:47+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-12T20:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T21:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-13T22:37:01+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-14T16:43:59+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T20:06:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T16:48:07+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T16:25:36+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T19:36:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T19:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-27T19:49:06+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T15:28:53+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-01T17:00:37+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-07T21:45:38+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T14:46:28+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T13:52:59+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/6447a23a-4003-4868-a5b1-e8f6960b96bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).