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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Increase penalty for conviction of criminal activity of human trafficking"
+description: "Increase penalty for conviction of criminal activity of human trafficking"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 265"
+citation: "Montana SB 265 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark Noland"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-11-29T18:08:59+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-22T21:18:06+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68791d93-33fc-49ec-9dc8-790fe94fc53b"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1519"
+source_hash: "e2195af67411196eb010ccb87797d86d282ff217c38cfd327e6f4bad49686518"
+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 265 (2023) — Increase penalty for conviction of criminal activity of human trafficking
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0265.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5477)
+2. **SB0265.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5480)
+3. **SB0265.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5479)
+4. **SB0265.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5478)
+5. **SB0265001SCS16515.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11135)
+6. **SB0265002SCS.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11136)
+7. **SB0265_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5423)
+8. **SB0265_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5424)
+9. **SB0265_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5422)
+10. **SB0265_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5425)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **13–6** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **41–9** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **74–25** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **85–14** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark Noland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-22T21:18:06+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-19T18:39:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-11T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-05-10T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-05-05T21:27:29+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-05T20:58:46+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-05-02T22:17:30+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-05-02T21:23:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-02T17:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12T22:02:07+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2023-04-12T20:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-07T14:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-04T20:02:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-04-04T19:43:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-04-04T13:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-03-16T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-03-10T20:19:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-10T19:07:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-15T21:28:43+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-02-14T21:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-13T20:49:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-09T22:59:44+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-02-09T22:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-08T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-07T23:26:22+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-02-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-02-03T21:54:47+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
+- **2023-02-03T20:08:56+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-03T16:15:48+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-02T23:25:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-02T23:13:27+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2023-02-01T21:32:37+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-01-31T22:44:55+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-31T17:26:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-01-31T17:26:53+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-30T21:41:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-01-30T19:19:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-01-30T00:16:33+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-30T00:16:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-01-29T19:59:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-01-29T01:49:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-01-24T00:12:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-01-21T20:23:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-01-21T19:28:22+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2023-01-14T20:24:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2023-01-12T14:14:30+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
+- **2023-01-09T17:21:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-30T17:19:30+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-14T23:11:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-11-29T18:08:59+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68791d93-33fc-49ec-9dc8-790fe94fc53b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+