On February 8, the Montana Senate defeated SB 290, the National Popular Vote plan for presidential elections. The vote was 30-20. The sponsor, Senator Rick Laible, is a Republican. However, on the Senate floor, he was the only Republican to vote for the bill. All other Republicans, as well as 6 Democrats, voted against it. This is the first instance in any state at which any Democratic state legislators have voted against the plan. If all the Democratic Senators had voted for it, it would have narrowly passed.