---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise vote count procedures"
description: "Revise vote count procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 58"
citation: "Montana SB 58 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 37
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-29T13:56:48+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T13:40:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ecfe4bd-4834-4aee-bf48-9eb8fe20a242"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2038?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "03a998445b4c0b709596e3f2041f043550e69bfa9cbeb29bf5c431cb7de9d226"
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 58 (2025) — Revise vote count procedures

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2038.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266782)
2. **SB0058.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277713)
3. **SB0058.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277711)
4. **SB0058_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269169)
5. **SB0058_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275111)
6. **SB0058_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276181)
7. **SB0058_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278418)
8. **SB0058_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278419)
9. **SB0058_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278420)
10. **SB0058_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278421)
11. **SB0058_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269168)
12. **SB0058_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278423)
13. **SB0058_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278425)
14. **SB0058_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278426)
15. **SB0058_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278466)
16. **SB0058_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278468)
17. **SB0058_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279860)
18. **SB0058_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295805)
19. **SB0058_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299335)
20. **SB0058_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278422)
21. **SB0058_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299334)
22. **SB0058_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299339)
23. **SB0058_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320155)
24. **SB0058_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321389)
25. **SB0058_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322278)
26. **SB0058_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324849)
27. **SB0058_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326468)
28. **SB0058_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327047)
29. **SB0058_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299867)
30. **SB0058_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299868)
31. **SB0058_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299869)
32. **SB0058_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299870)
33. **SB0058_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299871)
34. **SB0058_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299966)
35. **SB0058_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310592)
36. **SB0058_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316553)
37. **SB0058_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299336)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-29T13:56:48+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-05T15:18:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-05T19:18:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-06T01:22:17+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-06T20:19:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-07T16:54:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T01:28:39+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-16T18:22:18+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`
- **2025-01-14T18:24:53+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) State Administration
- **2025-01-14T20:10:58+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2025-01-31T22:17:42+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T20:27:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-05T20:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T22:19:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-06T23:52:33+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-07T18:03:02+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T20:11:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12T23:13:46+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T16:15:22+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-20T19:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2025-03-25T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-25T19:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T19:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-26T19:40:42+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-28T11:55:35+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-01T17:00:37+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-07T21:45:38+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T14:46:28+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T13:40:10+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/4ecfe4bd-4834-4aee-bf48-9eb8fe20a242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).