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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise procurement"
+description: "Generally revise procurement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 51"
+citation: "Montana SB 51 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 10
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-08-22T20:30:26+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-16T20:23:44+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c6073ad-9de6-404e-85c3-639ceaa26503"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0222"
+source_hash: "9805153681a4aaf63acd15a37ebaf95b518c14ef5daa50f1cb3a79479d6feed6"
+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 51 (2023) — Generally revise procurement
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0051.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3226)
+2. **SB0051.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3227)
+3. **SB0051.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3228)
+4. **SB0051.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3225)
+5. **SB0051001SCS12595.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10715)
+6. **SB0051002SCS18720.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10716)
+7. **SB0051_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1954)
+8. **SB0051_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1952)
+9. **SB0051_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1951)
+10. **SB0051_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1953)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **77–22** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **81–19** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **13–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-16T20:23:44+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-16T19:31:00+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`
+- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-26T21:35:03+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-26T21:35:02+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-20T21:51:46+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-20T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-19T20:42:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-14T19:37:27+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2023-04-13T22:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-06T19:36:19+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-04-06T19:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-04-06T19:20:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-03-20T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-03-11T00:42:23+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
+- **2023-02-17T20:14:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17T19:42:43+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-03T21:46:15+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-02-02T21:19:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-01T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-30T21:59:26+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-01-30T20:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-28T01:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-27T16:07:10+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-01-25T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-01-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-12-29T00:23:46+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-12-12T23:18:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-09T23:10:24+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2022-11-11T15:28:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2022-11-10T16:58:41+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2022-11-09T20:28:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-11-09T20:28:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2022-10-31T18:09:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-10-31T16:32:37+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2022-10-11T15:35:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2022-10-07T20:12:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2022-08-22T20:30:26+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/0c6073ad-9de6-404e-85c3-639ceaa26503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+