---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise criminal justice laws"
description: "Generally revise criminal justice laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 59"
citation: "Montana SB 59 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Judges and Justices (see also: Courts)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cynthia Wolken"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 70
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-10-20"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32f4c278-ee54-480d-84f0-c717c6141f9b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0552&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "ecfc7039b21ff4e6618130c5958a2599e3b81a4d9dde054a8c4f5fbccbd3d889"
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 59 (2017) — Generally revise criminal justice laws

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0059.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **90–10** (pass) · legislature
- Do Not Concur — **44–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **89–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **45–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **94–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **9–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **46–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **46–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Wolken — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-10-20** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-10** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-11-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-11-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-11-14** Draft in Edit
- **2016-11-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-11-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-23** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-28** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-04** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-17** Hearing
- **2017-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-30** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-31** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-31** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** Hearing
- **2017-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-15** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-03-16** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-21** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-23** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-23** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-03-24** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-03-28** Hearing
- **2017-03-29** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-04-05** Hearing
- **2017-04-05** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-05** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-08** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-10** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/32f4c278-ee54-480d-84f0-c717c6141f9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).