---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expedite seized property after law investigation"
description: "Expedite seized property after law investigation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 288"
citation: "Montana SB 288 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-21T20:00:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T20:22:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d04806fa-7b25-4b1a-b522-1feeb27625ed"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4301?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "37af1745cf6adca5c9773fe95b6512ba75b3de3bee8d2cdb052a5c2af930f5fc"
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 288 (2025) — Expedite seized property after law investigation

## Version chain

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

1. **LC4301.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279546)
2. **SB0288.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285339)
3. **SB0288.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285340)
4. **SB0288_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280954)
5. **SB0288_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282969)
6. **SB0288_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287821)
7. **SB0288_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297538)
8. **SB0288_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302208)
9. **SB0288_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280680)
10. **SB0288_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316630)
11. **SB0288_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320221)
12. **SB0288_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321349)
13. **SB0288_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321350)
14. **SB0288_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321351)
15. **SB0288_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324589)
16. **SB0288_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310690)

## Votes

- do_pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denley Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-21T20:00:27+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-04T05:50:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-04T22:39:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-06T16:51:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-07T00:33:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-07T22:28:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-10T16:04:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-10T23:27:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-11T14:18:39+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-11T20:29:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-11T21:12:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-14T00:51:49+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-02-14T01:15:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-02-21T17:56:44+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-21T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-24T20:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-25T22:15:53+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-26T17:11:55+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T20:21:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:32+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-24T17:27:28+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-25T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-29T17:42:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T20:07:25+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T17:38:39+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`
- **2025-04-18T20:22:23+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/d04806fa-7b25-4b1a-b522-1feeb27625ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).