---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to motor vehicle laws"
description: "Generally revise laws related to motor vehicle laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 380"
citation: "Montana SB 380 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Vance"]
version_count: 45
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-05T22:43:37+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T21:16:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c49b3c56-318f-4ff4-9cf9-cc821cca9999"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0168?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "e839b59fd03741d904d9774c9a8b44fc6fb2193161d6c04fc3735c64f7be3001"
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 380 (2025) — Generally revise laws related to motor vehicle laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0168.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283461)
2. **SB0380.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289689)
3. **SB0380.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289691)
4. **SB0380.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289692)
5. **SB0380.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289694)
6. **SB0380.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299936)
7. **SB0380.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307031)
8. **SB0380.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307028)
9. **SB0380_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285415)
10. **SB0380_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286615)
11. **SB0380_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290655)
12. **SB0380_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290656)
13. **SB0380_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290657)
14. **SB0380_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290658)
15. **SB0380_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284854)
16. **SB0380_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290660)
17. **SB0380_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290734)
18. **SB0380_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290739)
19. **SB0380_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293513)
20. **SB0380_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293689)
21. **SB0380_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293690)
22. **SB0380_2(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305976)
23. **SB0380_2(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309178)
24. **SB0380_2(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309181)
25. **SB0380_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290663)
26. **SB0380_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290664)
27. **SB0380_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290713)
28. **SB0380_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290714)
29. **SB0380_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290719)
30. **SB0380_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290723)
31. **SB0380_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290727)
32. **SB0380_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290732)
33. **SB0380_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=290659)
34. **SB0380_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316908)
35. **SB0380_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325440)
36. **SB0380_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325621)
37. **SB0380_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320483)
38. **SB0380_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321886)
39. **SB0380_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321887)
40. **SB0380_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321888)
41. **SB0380_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324762)
42. **SB0380_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325437)
43. **SB0380_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325438)
44. **SB0380_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325439)
45. **SB0380_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310971)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley Vance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-05T22:43:37+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-01T21:15:00+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-17T03:34:19+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-12T22:53:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-12T23:12:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-17T15:52:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-18T15:25:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-18T20:06:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-19T00:01:06+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-20T16:05:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-20T17:32:51+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-20T20:14:07+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20T20:24:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-20T21:23:12+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-25T17:26:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-02-26T17:51:38+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-26T18:51:28+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-26T21:30:51+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-01T01:53:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T19:33:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T15:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T01:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:18:21+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-17T15:20:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:02:40+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T17:25:35+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2025-03-21T23:10:46+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Transportation
- **2025-03-21T23:38:40+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2025-04-07T21:50:33+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2025-04-08T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T15:27:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:24:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:24:49+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T21:07:32+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:17+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T20:40:10+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:18:10+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T21:16:29+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/c49b3c56-318f-4ff4-9cf9-cc821cca9999`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).