---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise evidence laws"
description: "Generally revise evidence laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 213"
citation: "Montana SB 213 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edith (Edie) McClafferty"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-31"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b496907b-70a7-46c2-a5e3-186def1c78d6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=213&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "442ce813d19982e6c5585cbcf790dc0264c67c555633017c1fca5bdc79f3a8a0"
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 213 (2019) — Generally revise evidence laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0213_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0213_1.pdf)
2. **SB0213_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0213_2.pdf)
3. **SB0213_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0213_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0213.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **89–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edith (Edie) McClafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-31** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-04** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-02** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-04** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing
- **2019-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b496907b-70a7-46c2-a5e3-186def1c78d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).