republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/sb-169.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Generally revise voter ID laws	Generally revise voter ID laws	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	SB 169	Montana SB 169 (2021)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)	enacted	Mike Cuffe	6	77	9	2020-11-27	2021-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/e5016c47-df55-47d9-ba28-bcd9c706921a	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=169&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	f3d9a88c29b0ddb416d4184eca309a5b63feae873b95f2fc3d6f3623ad43fe53	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 169 (2021) — Generally revise voter ID laws

Version chain

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

1. SB0169_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0169_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. SB0169_3.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. SB0169_4.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. SB0169_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• DO PASS AS AMENDED — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 31–18 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 12–7 (pass) · lower
• AMD-001 Mr. Speaker D/PASS — 55–45 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass As Amended — 66–34 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 65–33 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-11-27 Draft Request Received
• 2021-01-20 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-01-20 Draft in Edit
• 2021-01-20 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-01-21 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-01-21 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-01-21 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-01-21 Executive Director Review
• 2021-01-21 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-01-21 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-21 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-01-21 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-22 Draft Back for Redo
• 2021-01-22 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-01-22 Draft in Edit
• 2021-01-22 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-01-22 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-01-22 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-01-22 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-01-23 Executive Director Review
• 2021-01-23 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-01-25 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-25 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-01-25 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-26 Draft Back for Redo
• 2021-01-26 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-01-27 Draft in Edit
• 2021-01-27 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-01-27 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-01-27 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-01-27 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-01-27 Executive Director Review
• 2021-01-27 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-01-27 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-27 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-01-27 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-01-28 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-01-28 Introduced introduction
• 2021-01-28 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-03 Hearing - (S) State Administration
• 2021-02-08 Amendments Available
• 2021-02-08 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-02-09 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-02-09 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-02-10 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-10 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-02-11 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-02-11 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-11 Transmitted to House
• 2021-02-15 Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-02-15 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-18 Hearing Canceled - (H) State Administration
• 2021-02-19 Hearing - (H) State Administration
• 2021-03-17 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
• 2021-03-17 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
• 2021-03-17 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-03-24 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-03-24 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
• 2021-03-24 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended reading-2
• 2021-03-24 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-03-26 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-03-26 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-26 Returned to Senate with Amendments
• 2021-03-30 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-03-30 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-03-31 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-03-31 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-31 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-04-06 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-04-06 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-04-08 Signed by President
• 2021-04-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-04-12 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-19 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-19 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e5016c47-df55-47d9-ba28-bcd9c706921a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).