--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity" description: "Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 242" citation: "Montana SB 242 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Elections"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wendy McKamey"] version_count: 14 action_count: 35 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-09-24T17:44:30+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T13:36:18+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47f93b50-a11d-4e1a-bc1a-72c9de48ec7a" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0310?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "6aedb00c93552982ffaf983a6bcdae1ed888ab8fcd2955db23dd5c530305476b" 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 242 (2025) — Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC0310.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269418) 2. **SB0242_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282586) 3. **SB0242_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290432) 4. **SB0242_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299424) 5. **SB0242_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302211) 6. **SB0242_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277210) 7. **SB0242_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316618) 8. **SB0242_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320211) 9. **SB0242_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321359) 10. **SB0242_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321360) 11. **SB0242_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324591) 12. **SB0242_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325751) 13. **SB0242_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327058) 14. **SB0242_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310671) ## Votes - Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **34–16** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **71–28** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **17–2** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **80–20** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **8–4** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Wendy McKamey — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-24T17:44:30+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-12-19T22:35:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2024-12-20T15:29:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2024-12-24T15:36:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2024-12-26T14:52:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2024-12-26T17:34:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2024-12-26T20:03:10+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-01-28T19:06:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-01-29T23:28:20+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-01-30T21:42:04+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-13T19:57:57+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-02-22T00:48:55+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-02-26T18:38:24+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-26T20:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-28T20:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-01T15:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-01T17:11:10+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-03T17:25:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2025-03-03T20:15:13+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-05T16:16:35+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-27T16:38:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-27T19:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-29T16:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-31T19:53:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-31T19:54:17+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-02T14:34:05+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-07T16:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T16:00:47+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` - **2025-04-18T13:36:18+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/47f93b50-a11d-4e1a-bc1a-72c9de48ec7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).