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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise offer of settlement law"
+description: "Revise offer of settlement law"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 279"
+citation: "Montana SB 279 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-12-03T22:57:56+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-09T14:40:51+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf46a330-0b9c-4ce5-8f45-a52d45640f51"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2573"
+source_hash: "4a54f741af517010ba041b30d205457f1bdd18c276a931b2272d14bb293b93d3"
+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 279 (2023) — Revise offer of settlement law
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0279_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6976)
+2. **SB0279_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6975)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **67–32** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **63–33** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–1** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **33–16** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **35–15** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-09T14:40:51+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-08T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01T17:40:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-17T18:02:34+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-17T18:02:33+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-07T21:12:29+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-07T19:52:07+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
+- **2023-04-07T14:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-06T21:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-28T21:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-03-14T19:34:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-14T01:08:35+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-24T23:26:36+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-02-23T22:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22T21:09:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-22T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-20T20:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-14T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-09T16:00:13+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-02-06T20:16:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-06T19:09:47+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-06T19:04:31+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-06T16:50:22+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2023-02-06T16:47:15+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-02-03T18:07:32+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-03T15:36:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-02-03T15:36:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-02T21:19:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-02-02T16:02:41+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-02-02T15:56:14+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-02T15:56:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-02-02T01:01:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-02-02T00:20:17+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-01-30T16:26:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-01-29T23:53:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-01-29T23:45:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2023-01-05T18:47:38+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2022-12-05T18:24:55+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
+- **2022-12-03T22:57:56+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/cf46a330-0b9c-4ce5-8f45-a52d45640f51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+