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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws relating to the judiciary"
+description: "Revise laws relating to the judiciary"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 140"
+citation: "Montana SB 140 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Judges and Justices (see also: Courts)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2020-11-16"
+last_action: "2021-03-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a9eea3a-6f67-49b8-977d-5918f17d7c64"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=140&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "4f397d4024838700a40060c3a693e09ee70abaf00d01bff8b242fc8ad46bc2fd"
+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 140 (2021) — Revise laws relating to the judiciary
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0140_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0140_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0140_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0140_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0140_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0140_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0140.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **67–33** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **67–32** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–7** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · upper
+- AMD-005 France D/PASS — **36–64** (fail) · lower
+- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- AMD-002 Gross D/PASS — **21–29** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Keith Regier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-16** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-20** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-21** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-22** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-23** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-23** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-25** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-01-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-10** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-12** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-16** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-16** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-17** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-17** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-03-01** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-03** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-03-16** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a9eea3a-6f67-49b8-977d-5918f17d7c64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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