---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create indigenous peoples day"
description: "Create indigenous peoples day"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 224"
citation: "Montana SB 224 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indians", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shane Morigeau"]
version_count: 34
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-08-27T13:21:52+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T22:25:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65b8918a-ffee-4a77-a3ce-4b5f482b97fb"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0002?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "84bf014ddd80532b05cee8de4e181fe04eda8ef36b3da86157e552e512411c04"
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 224 (2025) — Create indigenous peoples day

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0002.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266079)
2. **SB0224.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286134)
3. **SB0224.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295077)
4. **SB0224.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295080)
5. **SB0224_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276705)
6. **SB0224_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287041)
7. **SB0224_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277179)
8. **SB0224_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277198)
9. **SB0224_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277268)
10. **SB0224_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277269)
11. **SB0224_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277283)
12. **SB0224_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287038)
13. **SB0224_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287039)
14. **SB0224_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287040)
15. **SB0224_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275847)
16. **SB0224_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287043)
17. **SB0224_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308258)
18. **SB0224_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287044)
19. **SB0224_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287045)
20. **SB0224_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287046)
21. **SB0224_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287048)
22. **SB0224_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287049)
23. **SB0224_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288856)
24. **SB0224_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294887)
25. **SB0224_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=308257)
26. **SB0224_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287042)
27. **SB0224_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316834)
28. **SB0224_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320410)
29. **SB0224_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322631)
30. **SB0224_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322632)
31. **SB0224_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322633)
32. **SB0224_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324937)
33. **SB0224_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325550)
34. **SB0224_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310894)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- AMD-SB0224.002.001 Byrne DO PASS — **27–70** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **88–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shane Morigeau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-27T13:21:52+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-20T15:32:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-20T21:41:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-21T13:52:46+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-25T14:48:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-09T14:10:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T01:14:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-27T20:44:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-28T19:47:35+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-28T21:02:53+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29T20:51:25+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-01T00:23:12+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-02-22T00:32:49+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24T20:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25T21:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T22:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T23:13:41+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-27T17:18:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T20:04:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-05T16:16:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-18T17:30:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-18T19:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-04-09T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09T21:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T14:59:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-10T14:59:15+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-11T17:20:24+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-29T22:15:14+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30T16:55:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09T02:31:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T22:25:09+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/65b8918a-ffee-4a77-a3ce-4b5f482b97fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).