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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise gambling laws"
description: "Generally revise gambling laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 555"
citation: "Montana SB 555 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Ricci"]
version_count: 39
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-11T13:53:01+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T16:34:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c588ad53-68bb-422a-9629-dd45c3e91f95"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2686?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "407217d809bf88722ab292f24b5a4c536e19e51de765905fa761498fd58260f1"
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 555 (2025) — Generally revise gambling laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **LC2686.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297430)
2. **SB0555.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303876)
3. **SB0555.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303675)
4. **SB0555_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300299)
5. **SB0555_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304254)
6. **SB0555_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304255)
7. **SB0555_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304256)
8. **SB0555_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304257)
9. **SB0555_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299811)
10. **SB0555_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304260)
11. **SB0555_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316269)
12. **SB0555_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304261)
13. **SB0555_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304273)
14. **SB0555_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304275)
15. **SB0555_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304286)
16. **SB0555_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305403)
17. **SB0555_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310399)
18. **SB0555_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316267)
19. **SB0555_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316268)
20. **SB0555_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304258)
21. **SB0555_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316271)
22. **SB0555_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318299)
23. **SB0555_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318300)
24. **SB0555_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320946)
25. **SB0555_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323060)
26. **SB0555_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323061)
27. **SB0555_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323062)
28. **SB0555_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325011)
29. **SB0555_X(17).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326670)
30. **SB0555_X(18).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327731)
31. **SB0555_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317323)
32. **SB0555_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317395)
33. **SB0555_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318291)
34. **SB0555_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318292)
35. **SB0555_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318295)
36. **SB0555_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318296)
37. **SB0555_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318297)
38. **SB0555_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318298)
39. **SB0555_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316270)
## Votes
- be_concurred_in — **200** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **482** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **408** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **8811** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **110** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **936** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Vince Ricci — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-11T13:53:01+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-03-20T23:24:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-03-21T14:54:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-03-24T16:32:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-03-24T19:20:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-03-24T20:57:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-03-25T14:48:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-03-27T18:09:07+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-03-27T22:32:39+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-03-28T13:42:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-03-28T22:05:22+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-31T17:01:11+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T19:05:48+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs
- **2025-04-03T16:58:35+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T18:45:54+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-04-03T18:46:31+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-04-03T20:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T01:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T14:41:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T16:50:28+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-04-07T15:55:24+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T19:53:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08T17:21:13+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-04-14T17:40:01+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-04-15T16:30:37+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-04-17T22:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2025-04-22T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T20:02:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T21:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T21:32:45+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T18:29:32+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T20:00:12+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T19:45:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-05T19:55:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:29:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T16:34:13+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/c588ad53-68bb-422a-9629-dd45c3e91f95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).