---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise amendment process for legislation that is subject to a sunset"
description: "Revise amendment process for legislation that is subject to a sunset"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 75"
citation: "Montana SB 75 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-04T18:23:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T00:48:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c7ce34d-2c28-4c6a-ada6-1a6fc38a8a3b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0109?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "46095e6d8a5994ba341d506b1ea8fe131ccc77faf845a346defefb481ed4bf11"
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 75 (2025) — Revise amendment process for legislation that is subject to a sunset

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0109.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266609)
2. **SB0075_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269511)
3. **SB0075_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275144)
4. **SB0075_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276213)
5. **SB0075_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280276)
6. **SB0075_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280278)
7. **SB0075_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286590)
8. **SB0075_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295837)
9. **SB0075_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269510)
10. **SB0075_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295836)
11. **SB0075_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295841)
12. **SB0075_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320258)
13. **SB0075_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324124)
14. **SB0075_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325608)
15. **SB0075_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296405)
16. **SB0075_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296406)
17. **SB0075_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296407)
18. **SB0075_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305193)
19. **SB0075_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305194)
20. **SB0075_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305195)
21. **SB0075_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310735)
22. **SB0075_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316673)
23. **SB0075_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295838)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sue Vinton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-04T18:23:00+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-22T20:49:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-22T21:39:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-11-29T18:14:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-02T16:16:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-04T14:35:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-04T19:38:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T18:46:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:53:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T22:03:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29T18:05:47+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-04T14:27:44+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-06T20:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T21:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-07T22:26:26+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-10T17:10:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10T20:15:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T00:59:39+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-24T19:33:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2025-02-24T21:59:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19T20:31:38+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-21T15:51:37+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-24T16:30:53+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-26T21:30:07+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27T14:05:58+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T18:00:42+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T00:48:56+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/6c7ce34d-2c28-4c6a-ada6-1a6fc38a8a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).