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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws related to recording of parole board hearings"
+description: "Revise laws related to recording of parole board hearings"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 37"
+citation: "Montana SB 37 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corrections", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Documents"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Margaret (Margie) MacDonald"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-07-30"
+last_action: "2019-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5aae116a-80d5-4983-8aef-53ad12c455f7"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=37&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "1381610f40adf96ff3f31bd8e2a96bc2bd29e7ca5aa207237e3d1d58062fbf54"
+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 37 (2019) — Revise laws related to recording of parole board hearings
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0037_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0037_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0037_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0037_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0037_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0037_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0037.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Margaret (Margie) MacDonald — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-07-30** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-11-20** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2018-11-20** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2018-11-20** Draft in Edit
+- **2018-11-20** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2018-11-21** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2018-11-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
+- **2018-11-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
+- **2018-11-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2018-11-29** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2018-11-29** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2018-11-29** Executive Director Review
+- **2018-11-29** Draft in Assembly
+- **2018-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2018-12-06** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2018-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2018-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-11** Hearing
+- **2019-01-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-23** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-28** Transmitted to House
+- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-05** Hearing
+- **2019-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-10** Returned to Senate
+- **2019-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-17** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-03** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5aae116a-80d5-4983-8aef-53ad12c455f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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