--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise consumer protection laws" description: "Generally revise consumer protection laws" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 488" citation: "Montana SB 488 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Consumer Protection"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Mark Noland"] version_count: 19 action_count: 43 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2025-01-18T16:24:04+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T19:39:58+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeeefb17-75d8-4963-b4dd-87fbe42648c5" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4328?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "9c5ff05e7d337bff1eb170efe1b349e595e8d93e8ca777274ab627fa935f420c" 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 488 (2025) — Generally revise consumer protection laws ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC4328.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285559) 2. **SB0488_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288569) 3. **SB0488_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293539) 4. **SB0488_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293717) 5. **SB0488_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299482) 6. **SB0488_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302427) 7. **SB0488_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302434) 8. **SB0488_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287331) 9. **SB0488_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316644) 10. **SB0488_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327211) 11. **SB0488_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320231) 12. **SB0488_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321258) 13. **SB0488_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321259) 14. **SB0488_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321260) 15. **SB0488_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323106) 16. **SB0488_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323112) 17. **SB0488_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325023) 18. **SB0488_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325534) 19. **SB0488_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323113) ## Votes - Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower - do_pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Mark Noland — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-18T16:24:04+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-17T05:16:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-17T14:07:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-18T18:59:40+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2025-02-18T22:23:53+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-21T19:14:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-24T04:53:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-24T14:03:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-24T18:05:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-24T22:15:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-25T18:39:04+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-25T20:53:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-26T01:30:19+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested - **2025-02-26T14:29:29+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-02-28T00:04:11+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-01T16:12:50+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-03T15:24:23+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt` - **2025-03-03T15:24:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned - **2025-03-03T19:25:56+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed - **2025-03-03T20:20:36+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-03-04T20:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-03-04T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-06T18:00:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-07T00:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-07T02:01:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-07T16:18:59+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-17T15:25:04+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-19T15:04:30+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-27T17:45:20+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-27T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-31T20:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-01T20:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-01T20:10:29+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-02T22:37:18+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-07T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T16:15:25+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` - **2025-04-18T19:39:58+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/aeeefb17-75d8-4963-b4dd-87fbe42648c5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).