republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-498.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	Revise laws related to absentee ballots	Revise laws related to absentee ballots	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	SB 498	Montana SB 498 (2023)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)	enacted	Shane Morigeau	8	48	8	2023-02-17T20:40:41+00:00	2023-05-19T21:33:29+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/8a19bc7b-d64e-4b44-899b-d603d2758132	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4613	0d1eac2194db38fe2923b41a6ce8c3eec359f68f154f86b01a7ed6e55c7f81bb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 498 (2023) — Revise laws related to absentee ballots

Version chain

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

1. SB0498.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0498.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. SB0498.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. SB0498001SCS17716.slc.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. SB0498001SCS20719.slc.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. SB0498_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
7. SB0498_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
8. SB0498_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — 92–8 (pass) · lower
• (S) 3rd Reading Passed — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• (S) 2nd Reading Passed — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — 49–0 (pass) · upper
• (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — 91–9 (pass) · lower
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — 13–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Shane Morigeau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-19T21:33:29+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-05-19T19:23:00+00:00 (S) Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-11T22:30:00+00:00 (S) Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00 (H) Signed by Speaker passage
• 2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00 (S) Signed by President passage
• 2023-05-01T16:38:11+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-05-01T16:38:10+00:00 (S) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-04-25T13:28:47+00:00 (S) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-04-24T23:17:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-24T15:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-04-21T20:20:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-14T19:39:09+00:00 (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
• 2023-04-13T22:28:00+00:00 (H) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-04-12T18:01:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-05T21:52:29+00:00 (C) Printed - New Version Available
• 2023-04-05T19:21:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2023-04-05T15:00:00+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2023-03-23T15:00:00+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-03-22T22:47:41+00:00 (C) Amendments Available
• 2023-03-15T21:46:16+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-15T21:21:10+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-03T18:25:40+00:00 (S) Transmitted to House
• 2023-03-03T04:38:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-02T15:48:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-02-28T20:27:00+00:00 (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2023-02-27T22:55:00+00:00 (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2023-02-27T22:00:50+00:00 (S) Hearing
• 2023-02-24T21:20:00+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-24T17:27:42+00:00 (S) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-24T14:55:39+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2023-02-24T00:01:54+00:00 (S) Introduced
• 2023-02-23T22:25:42+00:00 (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2023-02-22T18:17:14+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-02-22T15:33:53+00:00 (C) Executive Director Final Review
• 2023-02-22T15:33:35+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-02-22T12:26:30+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2023-02-21T23:57:39+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2023-02-21T23:36:48+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2023-02-21T23:36:47+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2023-02-21T21:31:01+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2023-02-21T21:03:37+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2023-02-21T20:53:30+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2023-02-17T21:31:47+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2023-02-17T20:40:41+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a19bc7b-d64e-4b44-899b-d603d2758132. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).