---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise plea of guilty laws"
description: "Revise plea of guilty laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 233"
citation: "Montana HB 233 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f3a56283-834c-4ef4-8e2b-6de151528a3d"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=233&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "5f7d7437282de6b69fed9fbe93f271dbcc988ee96cc07c245c9811d2edd0e030"
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 HB 233 (2019) — Revise plea of guilty laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0233_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0233_1.pdf)
2. **HB0233_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0233_2.pdf)
3. **HB0233_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0233_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0233.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **63–37** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **59–41** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **11–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **42–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Mercer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-11** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-23** Hearing
- **2019-01-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-01-31** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-04** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-05** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-05** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to House
- **2019-04-04** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f3a56283-834c-4ef4-8e2b-6de151528a3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).