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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise laws related to the judiciary"
+description: "Generally revise laws related to the judiciary"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 402"
+citation: "Montana SB 402 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Judges and Justices (see also: Courts)", "Revenue", "State"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cary Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 71
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2020-11-10"
+last_action: "2021-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27899206-e30c-4842-bb6f-1a272a102130"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=402&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "f599bf0fc77fc05ceff906b88dc40453ed095504d39346230981af0b89f9f272"
+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 402 (2021) — Generally revise laws related to the judiciary
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0402_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0402_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0402_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0402_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0402_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0402_3.pdf)
+4. **SB0402_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0402_X.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0402.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Adopt — **28–22** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **29–21** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **30–20** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **64–35** (pass) · lower
+- Do Not Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **64–34** (pass) · lower
+- Do Adopt — **57–43** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–7** (pass) · lower
+- Do Adopt — **52–45** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cary Smith — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-10** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-12-16** Draft On Hold
+- **2021-03-20** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2021-03-21** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-03-21** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-03-22** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-03-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-03-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-03-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-03-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-03-22** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-03-22** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2021-03-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-03-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-03-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-03-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-03-26** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-03-26** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-03-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-03-26** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-03-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-03-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-03-29** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-03-29** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-29** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-01** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-07** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-07** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-04-09** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-14** Amendments Available
+- **2021-04-15** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-04-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-04-22** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-04-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-28** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2021-04-29** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-11** 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/27899206-e30c-4842-bb6f-1a272a102130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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