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type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise polling place hours laws"
description: "Generally revise polling place hours laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Montana SB 196 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom McGillvray"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47b61427-9163-49c0-8bee-8293bfdf19b0"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=196&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "576eb9c5dd2923976afa1c6e0210ccb0ba480d9f3aa486e3323fe8a56e11cfb4"
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 196 (2021) — Generally revise polling place hours laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0196_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0196_1.pdf)
2. **SB0196_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0196_2.pdf)
3. **SB0196_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0196_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0196.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **2920** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **6731** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **127** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **6832** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **3119** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **53** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **2723** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **2624** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Tom McGillvray — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-05** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-30** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-03** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-03** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-03** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-04** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-04** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-04** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-15** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-15** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **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
- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22** 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/47b61427-9163-49c0-8bee-8293bfdf19b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).