SB 220 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise election laws and procedures

SB 220 would have required Montana counties to establish permanent satellite election offices on federally recognized Indian reservations (or in tribal service areas if no reservation exists), open within 7 days of voter registration. It would have allowed voters to use "nontraditional addresses" (e.g., specific landmarks) for registration and voting, and recognized tribal photo IDs as valid voter ID without requiring an address or expiration date. The bill also mandated that polling place notices explicitly include reservation locations and updated election procedures for tribal communities. The bill died in committee in May 2025 and was never enacted.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 27, 2025 Last action May 23, 2025
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LC1349.pdf SB0220_1.pdf · 1 edit
MINOR
The bill was renumbered from LC 1349 to SB 220, indicating a shift from a legislative committee draft to a formal Senate bill. The substantive text of the legislation remains identical, focusing on establishing permanent satellite election offices on Indian reservations and updating voter registration identification requirements.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; the text is identical to the previous version.
TECHNICAL

The bill number was changed from LC 1349 to SB 220, and the header was updated to reflect the Senate Bill format.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
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Committee
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Amendments
1
Mar 1, 2025
Amended
(S) Tabled in Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 28, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration
upper
Jan 27, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Jonathan Windy Boy
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