---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise county canvassing processes"
description: "Revise county canvassing processes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 57"
citation: "Montana SB 57 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties", "Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 39
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-29T13:56:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T20:08:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d59ff0d8-d819-40f5-942a-90ac26c75a2c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2037?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "5cdf54c8c69e1487dbc0a85ceaaa4acb2a9439a136b4ac074fdd257c564c66aa"
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 57 (2025) — Revise county canvassing processes

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2037.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267291)
2. **SB0057.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273202)
3. **SB0057_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269166)
4. **SB0057_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274535)
5. **SB0057_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274536)
6. **SB0057_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274537)
7. **SB0057_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274539)
8. **SB0057_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275572)
9. **SB0057_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276610)
10. **SB0057_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286547)
11. **SB0057_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269165)
12. **SB0057_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274541)
13. **SB0057_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286548)
14. **SB0057_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295804)
15. **SB0057_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311599)
16. **SB0057_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311602)
17. **SB0057_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274544)
18. **SB0057_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274545)
19. **SB0057_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274628)
20. **SB0057_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274629)
21. **SB0057_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274631)
22. **SB0057_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275588)
23. **SB0057_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276625)
24. **SB0057_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280603)
25. **SB0057_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274540)
26. **SB0057_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311604)
27. **SB0057_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323323)
28. **SB0057_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325087)
29. **SB0057_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326467)
30. **SB0057_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327647)
31. **SB0057_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311605)
32. **SB0057_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312304)
33. **SB0057_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312305)
34. **SB0057_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317070)
35. **SB0057_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320636)
36. **SB0057_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322584)
37. **SB0057_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322585)
38. **SB0057_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322586)
39. **SB0057_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311603)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **5–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-29T13:56:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-05T15:15:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-05T19:09:37+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-09T21:48:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-10T16:10:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-10T19:31:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T22:22:51+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-16T18:20:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-16T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:46:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T21:51:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14T20:10:58+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-01-23T01:51:33+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24T21:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T20:29:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T21:46:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T22:21:54+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-11T17:42:14+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T20:05:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12T23:13:47+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T16:14:13+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T19:34:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-14T20:04:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T20:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-15T20:32:53+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-17T12:10:45+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-22T23:00:10+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T18:00:14+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T18:36:33+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09T02:20:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T20:08:48+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/d59ff0d8-d819-40f5-942a-90ac26c75a2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).