republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-61.md

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

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	Clarify definition of election officials	Clarify definition of election officials	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	SB 61	Montana SB 61 (2023)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)	enacted	Janet Ellis	12	44	6	2022-08-24T20:23:51+00:00	2023-05-02T15:27:12+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/437e85c6-b5ab-41f7-9872-3006945ca4cf	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0259	1d22397ae9e06e94bc725764ddd16b98260ca003007c1c5b660f23484433bcbf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 61 (2023) — Clarify definition of election officials

Version chain

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

1. SB0061.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed (1).pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0061.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. SB0061.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. SB0061.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. SB0061.002.001.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. SB0061.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf (committee substitute) — source
7. SB0061.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
8. SB0061001SCS16499.slc.pdf (committee substitute) — source
9. SB0061002CWS19673.slc.pdf (committee substitute) — source
10. SB0061_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
11. SB0061_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
12. SB0061_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (S) 2nd Reading Passed — 28–20 (pass) · upper
• (S) 3rd Reading Passed — 29–21 (pass) · upper
• (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — 57–43 (pass) · lower
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — 16–2 (pass) · lower
• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — 7–3 (pass) · upper
• (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — 54–41 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Janet Ellis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-02T15:27:12+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-05-01T19:06:00+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
• 2023-04-17T17:32:44+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-04-17T17:32:43+00:00 (S) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-04-07T21:08:20+00:00 (S) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-04-07T19:51:37+00:00 (H) Returned to Senate
• 2023-04-07T14:29:00+00:00 (H) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-04-06T19:36:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-23T20:04:09+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration reading-2
• 2023-03-17T19:15:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2023-03-17T15:00:00+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2023-03-14T15:00:52+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-02-21T22:56:49+00:00 (H) Hearing Canceled
• 2023-02-14T20:22:05+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-14T19:45:28+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-01T21:41:13+00:00 (S) Transmitted to House
• 2023-01-31T22:10:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-01-30T20:40:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-01-26T22:19:02+00:00 (C) Printed - New Version Available
• 2023-01-26T20:14:00+00:00 (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-25T17:03:19+00:00 (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-16T22:00:23+00:00 (S) Hearing
• 2023-01-12T17:49:23+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2023-01-10T20:20:35+00:00 (C) Amendments Available
• 2023-01-02T20:04:19+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2022-12-29T00:25:44+00:00 (S) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2022-12-13T17:43:54+00:00 (S) Introduced
• 2022-11-30T20:36:58+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2022-11-30T19:56:25+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2022-11-30T19:55:00+00:00 (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2022-11-29T02:00:18+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2022-11-29T02:00:17+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2022-11-28T17:59:30+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2022-11-28T17:55:31+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2022-11-26T18:25:19+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2022-11-23T18:31:31+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2022-08-24T20:23:51+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/437e85c6-b5ab-41f7-9872-3006945ca4cf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).