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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise liability laws for persons engaging in a felony"
+description: "Revise liability laws for persons engaging in a felony"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 491"
+citation: "Montana SB 491 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes", "Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-12-04T00:05:27+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-09T17:17:42+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3f2fd53-d2dc-4cc1-a308-2fc4b607b2c0"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2701"
+source_hash: "56a2b8936f78c9c43746b5585f4bb083f0e022fd1be6cc18b79025ad8fd1e49e"
+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 491 (2023) — Revise liability laws for persons engaging in a felony
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0491_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19637)
+2. **SB0491_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19638)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–6** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **70–29** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **69–30** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **34–16** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **34–16** (pass) · upper
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **7–4** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-09T17:17:42+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-08T20:36:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-01T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-23T19:52:44+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-23T19:52:43+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-19T15:57:29+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-18T22:13:05+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
+- **2023-04-18T20:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-17T23:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-13T22:03:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-06T13:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-03-15T21:46:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-15T21:20:56+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-03T18:25:35+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-03-03T04:51:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-03T01:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02T20:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28T22:59:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-28T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-28T14:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-02-24T21:17:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-24T17:22:31+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-23T20:24:34+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-23T20:18:20+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2023-02-23T19:07:06+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-02-09T00:25:37+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-08T22:46:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-02-08T22:46:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-08T22:02:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-02-08T20:46:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-02-08T19:25:20+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-08T19:25:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-02-08T18:02:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-02-04T23:03:51+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-02-02T21:30:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-02-01T00:31:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-01-29T22:41:36+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-04T00:05:27+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/d3f2fd53-d2dc-4cc1-a308-2fc4b607b2c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+