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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Revise special session polling laws"
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description: "Revise special session polling laws"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 348"
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citation: "Montana HB 348 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Legislature"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["George Nikolakakos"]
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version_count: 27
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2024-12-08T21:33:16+00:00"
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last_action: "2025-05-16T19:53:51+00:00"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aeb022b7-840e-4cb2-9cb0-94c393fb3fb0"
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source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2506?open_tab=sum"
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source_hash: "f322875c9035019b3cdd3d076379e319cec294832f1d31f44e01ae7e6c6fd77f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana HB 348 (2025) — Revise special session polling laws
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **HB0348.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281212)
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2. **HB0348.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294693)
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3. **HB0348.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281211)
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4. **HB0348.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296745)
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5. **HB0348.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296744)
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6. **HB0348.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296743)
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7. **HB0348.001.006_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300838)
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8. **HB0348_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277395)
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9. **HB0348_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286745)
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10. **HB0348_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314916)
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11. **HB0348_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315046)
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12. **HB0348_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315047)
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13. **HB0348_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315048)
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14. **HB0348_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277128)
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15. **HB0348_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315051)
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16. **HB0348_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326616)
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17. **HB0348_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327715)
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18. **HB0348_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317230)
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19. **HB0348_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317925)
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20. **HB0348_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317926)
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21. **HB0348_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320900)
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22. **HB0348_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323166)
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23. **HB0348_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323167)
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24. **HB0348_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323168)
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25. **HB0348_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325035)
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26. **HB0348_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315049)
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27. **LC2506.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274064)
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## Votes
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- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **65–32** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **64–36** (pass) · lower
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- Take HB 348 from Comm-Kassmier — **28–22** (pass) · upper
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- do_pass — **9–5** (pass) · lower
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- to_table — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- AMD-HB0348.001.001 Regier DO PASS — **42–58** (fail) · lower
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- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- George Nikolakakos — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2024-12-08T21:33:16+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
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- **2024-12-08T21:33:16+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
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- **2025-01-13T00:11:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
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- **2025-01-13T00:13:14+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
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- **2025-01-23T22:20:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
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- **2025-01-23T22:34:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
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- **2025-01-24T15:10:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2025-01-25T21:54:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2025-01-25T23:06:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
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- **2025-01-28T13:53:33+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2025-01-28T23:03:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2025-01-29T22:00:28+00:00** (H) Introduced
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- **2025-01-30T17:17:25+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30T19:59:51+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-31T21:41:52+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Legislative Administration
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- **2025-02-01T00:59:55+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Legislative Administration
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- **2025-02-10T19:24:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10T19:27:30+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10T20:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-21T20:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-21T20:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-02-22T19:04:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-24T21:51:30+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
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- **2025-02-25T20:42:43+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2025-03-04T00:47:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17T16:31:32+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
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- **2025-04-09T13:23:30+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `amendment-deferral`
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- **2025-04-17T19:29:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading - (S) Legislative Administration `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-18T20:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T21:08:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-22T21:08:41+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
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- **2025-04-25T19:45:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
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- **2025-05-01T19:00:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-05-02T16:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
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- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-16T19:53:51+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aeb022b7-840e-4cb2-9cb0-94c393fb3fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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