# Montana SB 242: Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity

Montana SB 242, Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Wendy McKamey (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-18 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB242-2025
- As of: 2026-10-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 242
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revise election laws related to ballot form and uniformity
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-29
- Last action: 2025-04-18, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Wendy McKamey (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Elections
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (216 yes, 83 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Uniform statewide ballot design and content: benefit, low. The Secretary of State sets uniform rules for all ballots statewide. The rules cover corrections, write-ins, stub size and content, unvoted ballots, recording voters and ballots, and ballot order. Candidate names must use the same font and size. The words "official ballot" must be printed on the ba…
- Voters get each eligible ballot type: benefit, low. Election judges must give each voter one of each type of ballot the voter is eligible for. This helps voters cast all the votes they are allowed in that election. The law takes effect immediately.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Wendy McKamey (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Marta Bertoglio (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-31 | House | Do Concur | pass | 71 | 28 |   |
| 2025-03-29 | House | Do Concur | pass | 80 | 20 |   |
| 2025-03-01 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 31 | 19 |   |
| 2025-02-28 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 34 | 16 |   |

## Actions (23)

- 2025-04-18: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-07: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-31: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-29: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-27: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-03-27: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-03-05: Hearing (House)
- 2025-03-03: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-03-03: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-03-01: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-03-01: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-28: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-02-21: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-30: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-29: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6e6285ec-a3a1-48bc-a571-c2ce1bcc464d)
- Introduced, 2025-01-29: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6c519a82-4007-4e9d-a9be-b033ac0b6d22)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6e6285ec-a3a1-48bc-a571-c2ce1bcc464d)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=6c519a82-4007-4e9d-a9be-b033ac0b6d22)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
- [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills)
- [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana)
- [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB242-2025 (as of 2026-10-12).