---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to interim oversight of the office of public defender"
description: "Revise laws related to interim oversight of the office of public defender"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Montana SB 3 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jen Gross"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-07-30"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c6bd921-923d-47c0-b795-643937018f36"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=3&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "8c1fb8da1bb5fa3554d8bf1d69d9a1922071018950c4dfa23466cffd0e60f6ec"
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 3 (2019) — Revise laws related to interim oversight of the office of public defender

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0003_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0003_1.pdf)
2. **SB0003_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0003_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0003.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **78–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jen Gross — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-30** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-10-05** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-10-10** Draft in Edit
- **2018-10-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-10-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-05** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-07** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-13** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-11-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-10** Hearing
- **2019-01-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-11** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-16** Transmitted to House
- **2019-01-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Hearing
- **2019-03-15** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-03-22** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c6bd921-923d-47c0-b795-643937018f36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).