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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise MVD laws"
+description: "Generally revise MVD laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 353"
+citation: "Montana SB 353 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Revenue", "State"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2018-12-15"
+last_action: "2019-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b57b016-ddb6-45f8-bef1-d6acc62dd1bd"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=353&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "2a4ff87323fa87cb7bcf3b4ba84d686a9d39cb7238442b5e7e95d98a198556a8"
+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 353 (2019) — Generally revise MVD laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0353_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0353_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0353_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0353_x.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0353.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- Take SB 353 from Comm to 2nd Reading -Cohenour — **24–25** (fail) · upper
+- Do Concur — **59–38** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **25–24** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **28–22** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **61–39** (pass) · lower
+- Take SB 353 from Comm to 2nd Reading March 29-Cohenour — **25–24** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-15** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-12-19** Draft On Hold
+- **2019-03-18** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-03-19** Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2019-03-19** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-03-20** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-03-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-03-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-03-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-03-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-03-21** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-03-21** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-03-21** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-03-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-03-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2019-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
+- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-03-27** Motion Failed
+- **2019-03-28** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-03-28** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
+- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-08** Hearing
+- **2019-04-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-12** Returned to Senate
+- **2019-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-24** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b57b016-ddb6-45f8-bef1-d6acc62dd1bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+