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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate a defense to the vehicle noise statute"
description: "Eliminate a defense to the vehicle noise statute"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 264"
citation: "Montana SB 264 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russ Tempel"]
version_count: 22
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-12T15:08:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T20:32:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b2f94db-f406-48f0-a5e9-5515b0c2d3ca"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0244?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "8ac260597e14cf5910b4f67e4a4f5a97029f11d8fb3844ee350d75fbc89a6b89"
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 264 (2025) — Eliminate a defense to the vehicle noise statute
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **LC0244.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270893)
2. **SB0264_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278778)
3. **SB0264_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309173)
4. **SB0264_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309177)
5. **SB0264_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278779)
6. **SB0264_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279320)
7. **SB0264_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279362)
8. **SB0264_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279363)
9. **SB0264_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279364)
10. **SB0264_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279365)
11. **SB0264_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283891)
12. **SB0264_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=301889)
13. **SB0264_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278761)
14. **SB0264_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316900)
15. **SB0264_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320475)
16. **SB0264_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321820)
17. **SB0264_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321821)
18. **SB0264_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321822)
19. **SB0264_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324746)
20. **SB0264_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325695)
21. **SB0264_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327286)
22. **SB0264_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310963)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **3614** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **95** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **5247** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **3317** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **80** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **7327** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Russ Tempel — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-09-12T15:08:09+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-09T16:57:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-09T17:37:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-11T17:23:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-14T18:55:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-14T19:52:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-15T01:18:08+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-03T15:14:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-04T18:40:08+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-05T17:00:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05T17:31:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T18:56:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2025-02-12T22:36:58+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T20:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-15T17:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T21:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T22:50:54+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-19T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-19T17:50:57+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-19T18:56:59+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T20:13:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T21:05:36+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2025-02-26T17:51:15+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-27T20:09:47+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-28T15:15:05+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-31T23:10:15+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2025-04-01T19:52:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T16:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:29:39+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-13T04:44:39+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:44:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T20:32:15+00:00** 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/9b2f94db-f406-48f0-a5e9-5515b0c2d3ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).