--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise election laws related to definitions" description: "Revise election laws related to definitions" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 360" citation: "Montana SB 360 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Elections"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Vance"] version_count: 14 action_count: 35 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-23T18:54:08+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T21:05:33+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc7e4162-d062-4ad6-86d8-f36eca784a2e" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1964?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "6c4a4ad4ef73d16cc51065188a2ee1f70f568cef4405b509383b38dfce667630" 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 360 (2025) — Revise election laws related to definitions ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC1964.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282990) 2. **SB0360_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293375) 3. **SB0360_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300060) 4. **SB0360_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309149) 5. **SB0360_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309152) 6. **SB0360_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284062) 7. **SB0360_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316887) 8. **SB0360_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320462) 9. **SB0360_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321869) 10. **SB0360_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321870) 11. **SB0360_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321871) 12. **SB0360_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324757) 13. **SB0360_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326422) 14. **SB0360_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310950) ## Votes - Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **19–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Shelley Vance — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-23T18:54:08+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-12T22:55:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-13T22:42:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-16T17:14:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-16T18:33:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-16T18:51:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-17T19:05:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-19T14:55:03+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-19T20:09:05+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-21T15:55:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2025-02-25T18:14:07+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) State Administration - **2025-02-27T15:06:16+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration - **2025-03-01T03:23:30+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage` - **2025-03-01T18:23:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage` - **2025-03-05T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-05T17:34:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-06T19:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-06T20:25:25+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-07T17:20:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-18T14:14:02+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-28T16:36:05+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration - **2025-03-29T15:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:38:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:39:04+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-12T18:46:50+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:55:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T21:05:33+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/cc7e4162-d062-4ad6-86d8-f36eca784a2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).