republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting use of certain funds for conducting an election"
description: "Prohibiting use of certain funds for conducting an election"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "Montana SB 117 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Ballot Issues (see also: Elections)", "Crimes", "Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley Vance"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-16T20:47:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-02T15:36:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e457b079-d6db-404b-9233-126688eacd71"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1247"
source_hash: "fcd846d0d52256dd483eb5f91c72928b8171181eb7ea89c53987c1d1668f090b"
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 117 (2023) — Prohibiting use of certain funds for conducting an election

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0117.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3852)
2. **SB0117.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3855)
3. **SB0117.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3850)
4. **SB0117.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3853)
5. **SB0117.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3089)
6. **SB0117.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3851)
7. **SB0117.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3854)
8. **SB0117001SCS20701.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10799)
9. **SB0117002CWS12554.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10800)
10. **SB0117_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3044)
11. **SB0117_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3043)
12. **SB0117_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3041)
13. **SB0117_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3042)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **64–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley Vance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02T15:36:12+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-01T19:14:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-22T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-17T17:36:48+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:36:47+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T21:08:58+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T19:51:46+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-07T14:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:44:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T19:33:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T00:51:39+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T22:42:56+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-16T20:45:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T22:10:04+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-14T20:24:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14T20:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T22:23:08+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-10T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T21:52:35+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-18T22:00:35+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-04T20:08:43+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-04T19:52:36+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-04T16:14:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-04T16:13:11+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-03T19:41:30+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-02T16:48:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-30T16:58:00+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-30T16:57:53+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-30T13:34:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-30T02:34:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-30T01:20:24+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-30T01:20:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-29T20:41:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-29T16:33:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-29T15:09:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-26T19:07:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-14T19:52:43+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-16T20:47:03+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e457b079-d6db-404b-9233-126688eacd71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).