---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising mandatory minimums for certain sexual offenses"
description: "Revising mandatory minimums for certain sexual offenses"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 155"
citation: "Montana SB 155 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Webb"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-07-24"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41493879-dd8c-4a60-965f-553a3054ab28"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=155&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "c9d17e7fc8faafae0bbe5b464b8ca660e10635e31eb25c1db40a9140a47e064d"
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 155 (2019) — Revising mandatory minimums for certain sexual offenses

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0155_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0155_1.pdf)
2. **SB0155_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0155_2.pdf)
3. **SB0155_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0155_3.pdf)
4. **SB0155_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0155_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0155.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **79–21** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger Webb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-24** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-05** Draft On Hold
- **2018-10-09** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-07** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-16** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-17** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-28** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-08** Hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2019-03-07** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-07** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-08** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/41493879-dd8c-4a60-965f-553a3054ab28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).