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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws related to interim oversight of the office of public defender"
+description: "Revise laws related to interim oversight of the office of public defender"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 3"
+citation: "Montana SB 3 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature", "State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jen Gross"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2018-07-30"
+last_action: "2019-04-17"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6bd921-923d-47c0-b795-643937018f36"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=3&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "8c1fb8da1bb5fa3554d8bf1d69d9a1922071018950c4dfa23466cffd0e60f6ec"
+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 3 (2019) — Revise laws related to interim oversight of the office of public defender
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0003_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0003_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0003_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0003_x.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0003.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **72–26** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **46–2** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **78–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jen Gross — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-07-30** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-10-05** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2018-10-05** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2018-10-10** Draft in Edit
+- **2018-10-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2018-10-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2018-11-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2018-11-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2018-11-05** Executive Director Review
+- **2018-11-07** Draft in Assembly
+- **2018-11-07** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2018-11-13** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2018-11-16** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2018-11-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-10** Hearing
+- **2019-01-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-11** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-01-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-01-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-16** Transmitted to House
+- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-29** Hearing
+- **2019-03-15** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
+- **2019-03-22** Taken from Table in Committee
+- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate
+- **2019-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-17** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c6bd921-923d-47c0-b795-643937018f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+