---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow electronic submission of bonds for state construction projects"
description: "Allow electronic submission of bonds for state construction projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "Montana SB 29 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues", "Public", "Buildings and Building Regulations", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Esp"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-23T12:51:22+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-17T17:15:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b6c1662-319e-4d65-846f-69c30a810753"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0269?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "88368969c5e639dc5d64eaf4f673662c8d1cafa3cfda883bc2921235ee3c29ca"
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 29 (2025) — Allow electronic submission of bonds for state construction projects

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0269.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266805)
2. **SB0029_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267556)
3. **SB0029_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275079)
4. **SB0029_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276152)
5. **SB0029_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279858)
6. **SB0029_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295802)
7. **SB0029_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299358)
8. **SB0029_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267553)
9. **SB0029_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299357)
10. **SB0029_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316547)
11. **SB0029_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320152)
12. **SB0029_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321152)
13. **SB0029_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321153)
14. **SB0029_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321154)
15. **SB0029_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324523)
16. **SB0029_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325716)
17. **SB0029_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327294)
18. **SB0029_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310586)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Esp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-23T12:51:22+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-06T16:59:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-06T19:42:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-06T21:39:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-09T21:50:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-09T22:37:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T19:12:51+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-11T15:22:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-18T23:38:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:53:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-14T19:15:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-25T01:41:26+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-01-31T23:23:37+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T22:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T20:41:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T22:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T23:52:27+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-07T18:03:16+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T20:10:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12T23:13:41+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T16:11:26+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T19:33:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-25T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T19:22:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T19:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T19:37:25+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T09:21:55+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`
- **2025-04-16T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-17T17:15:06+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/9b6c1662-319e-4d65-846f-69c30a810753`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).