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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise civil liability laws"
+description: "Revise civil liability laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 65"
+citation: "Montana SB 65 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 11
+first_action: "2020-11-10"
+last_action: "2021-02-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff4a196f-5b02-463f-a77a-defbdc47211e"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=65&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "13e5741ebab882fbb50ecd4fd238ae7e7cd235436349b6ddf9bec8705a332669"
+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 65 (2021) — Revise civil liability laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0065_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0065_2.pdf)
+2. **SB0065_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0065_3.pdf)
+3. **SB0065_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0065_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0065.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **64–36** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **66–33** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–8** (pass) · lower
+- Suspend Rules Place SB 65 on Third Reading-Smith C — **30–20** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **37–13** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
+- AMD-006 Cohenour D/PASS — **20–30** (fail) · upper
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–3** (pass) · upper
+- AMD-007 Molnar D/PASS — **7–43** (fail) · upper
+- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **38–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-10** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-11-16** Draft On Hold
+- **2020-11-20** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2020-11-24** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-08** Draft On Hold
+- **2020-12-14** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-14** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-21** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-21** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2020-12-22** Draft in Edit
+- **2020-12-28** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2020-12-29** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-12-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-12-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-30** Executive Director Review
+- **2020-12-30** Draft in Assembly
+- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-05** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-08** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
+- **2021-01-14** Amendments Available
+- **2021-01-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-01-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-01-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-01-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-18** On Motion Rules Suspended
+- **2021-01-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-18** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-01-19** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-22** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-01-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-01-27** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-02** Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-03** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-04** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-04** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-02-08** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-02-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-02-09** Signed by President
+- **2021-02-09** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-02-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-02-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-02-10** 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/ff4a196f-5b02-463f-a77a-defbdc47211e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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