---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise cooperative laws"
description: "Generally revise cooperative laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 200"
citation: "Montana SB 200 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce \"Butch\" Gillespie"]
version_count: 29
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-12-14T14:55:42+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T17:34:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e690433-444b-46bf-93ca-f68cec5c4ae1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3214?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "ff491536234f4e4a544a9fbfac730186b7520ca7551d51ba6d084936b1b442cb"
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 200 (2025) — Generally revise cooperative laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC3214.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272362)
2. **SB0200.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289753)
3. **SB0200_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273931)
4. **SB0200_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275487)
5. **SB0200_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276534)
6. **SB0200_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290702)
7. **SB0200_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290703)
8. **SB0200_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290704)
9. **SB0200_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290705)
10. **SB0200_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273487)
11. **SB0200_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290707)
12. **SB0200_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303790)
13. **SB0200_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290708)
14. **SB0200_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290709)
15. **SB0200_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290815)
16. **SB0200_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290828)
17. **SB0200_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290844)
18. **SB0200_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292469)
19. **SB0200_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300053)
20. **SB0200_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303786)
21. **SB0200_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290706)
22. **SB0200_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316854)
23. **SB0200_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320430)
24. **SB0200_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321164)
25. **SB0200_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321165)
26. **SB0200_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321166)
27. **SB0200_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324527)
28. **SB0200_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326787)
29. **SB0200_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310916)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- AMD-SB0200.001.001 Ellis D/PASS — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bruce "Butch" Gillespie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T14:55:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-11T16:30:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-11T17:16:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-17T16:53:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-17T22:31:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-18T23:37:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-20T23:25:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-21T21:16:31+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-22T18:22:42+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-23T20:43:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24T00:04:35+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04T20:54:13+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-17T17:48:32+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-26T23:29:46+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T20:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-01T16:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2025-03-01T16:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T22:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-04T23:15:50+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-05T22:08:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-06T15:07:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T16:01:15+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-28T16:13:11+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-01T20:57:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T23:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-02T23:28:12+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-03T17:43:10+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T16:15:25+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`
- **2025-04-18T17:34:13+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/0e690433-444b-46bf-93ca-f68cec5c4ae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).