---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws concerning human trafficking and sex crimes to protect victims"
description: "Revising laws concerning human trafficking and sex crimes to protect victims"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 147"
citation: "Montana SB 147 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret (Margie) MacDonald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-08"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b912adc9-f2fb-4581-be87-0d79ddeeb093"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=147&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "550857b88a5ce592fa3973554ab0e4455307c567c4842635f008e0afa8a34593"
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 147 (2019) — Revising laws concerning human trafficking and sex crimes to protect victims

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0147_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0147_1.pdf)
2. **SB0147_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0147_2.pdf)
3. **SB0147_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0147_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0147.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **86–9** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **87–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Margaret (Margie) MacDonald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-08** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-12** Draft On Hold
- **2018-11-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2018-12-14** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-12-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-19** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-25** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-01-28** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-31** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-19** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-22** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-26** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-13** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b912adc9-f2fb-4581-be87-0d79ddeeb093`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).