republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/sb-482.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise contract laws relating to student athletes"
description: "Revise contract laws relating to student athletes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 482"
citation: "Montana SB 482 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges", "Contracts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ellie Boldman"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-29T17:54:24+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T21:39:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/56b4a055-f439-4cd0-ba58-331cfda04989"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2182?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d5abb7665978ed517464a50de69994064ee319255e8b59bc4081d7556f26f2c2"
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 482 (2025) — Revise contract laws relating to student athletes

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2182.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286135)
2. **SB0482_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288550)
3. **SB0482_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293536)
4. **SB0482_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293684)
5. **SB0482_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305999)
6. **SB0482_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309238)
7. **SB0482_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309241)
8. **SB0482_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287302)
9. **SB0482_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309245)
10. **SB0482_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321925)
11. **SB0482_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321926)
12. **SB0482_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321927)
13. **SB0482_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324773)
14. **SB0482_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326515)
15. **SB0482_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327669)
16. **SB0482_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309246)
17. **SB0482_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309400)
18. **SB0482_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309401)
19. **SB0482_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309628)
20. **SB0482_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309629)
21. **SB0482_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310990)
22. **SB0482_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316926)
23. **SB0482_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320501)
24. **SB0482_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309242)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ellie Boldman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-29T17:54:24+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-17T04:20:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-17T13:31:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T19:07:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T04:57:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T14:25:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T20:36:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T16:24:51+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T18:05:07+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T20:51:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-26T01:28:48+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-26T13:48:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T01:49:39+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2025-02-28T02:03:23+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-28T18:27:46+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T18:27:51+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-01T15:53:57+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-03T20:27:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T17:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T02:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:18:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-17T15:24:38+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-06T18:57:15+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Education
- **2025-04-07T22:16:22+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2025-04-08T20:05:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Education
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T20:53:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:42:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:43:03+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-13T13:52:36+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:17+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T20:40:10+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:18:10+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:11:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T21:39:02+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/56b4a055-f439-4cd0-ba58-331cfda04989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).