--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise the Uniform Commercial Code" description: "Generally revise the Uniform Commercial Code" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 426" citation: "Montana SB 426 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Credit Transactions"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Vince Ricci"] version_count: 17 action_count: 38 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-09-04T18:26:06+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-19T19:42:27+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eeb5746a-6fc2-44ec-a50d-9c293d02bf6f" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0118?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "6f96efea5ba42eb28f026182928e9eacbbbaef3ffb1ab887abf08924aee31796" 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 426 (2025) — Generally revise the Uniform Commercial Code ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC0118.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285494) 2. **SB0426_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287026) 3. **SB0426_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293388) 4. **SB0426_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298112) 5. **SB0426_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300635) 6. **SB0426_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300636) 7. **SB0426_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285854) 8. **SB0426_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316581) 9. **SB0426_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320181) 10. **SB0426_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321261) 11. **SB0426_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321262) 12. **SB0426_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321263) 13. **SB0426_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323107) 14. **SB0426_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323114) 15. **SB0426_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325024) 16. **SB0426_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325535) 17. **SB0426_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323115) ## Votes - Do Concur — **88–12** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **87–12** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **34–15** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **12–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Vince Ricci — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-04T18:26:06+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-08T19:02:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-08T19:40:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-21T16:48:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-21T21:15:38+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-21T21:16:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-21T22:03:52+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-21T22:35:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-21T23:33:39+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-24T20:16:12+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-24T20:41:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee` - **2025-03-01T05:45:07+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs - **2025-03-04T19:03:20+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-03-04T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage` - **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-05T23:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-06T19:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-06T20:25:40+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-07T17:15:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2025-03-13T15:56:22+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-13T22:52:00+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-13T22:55:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-21T20:28:28+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-25T16:48:40+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-25T19:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor - **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-27T20:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-28T19:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-28T19:27:49+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-03-30T13:27:27+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T15:45:31+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` - **2025-04-19T19:42:27+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/eeb5746a-6fc2-44ec-a50d-9c293d02bf6f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).