---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise motor vehicle laws"
description: "Generally revise motor vehicle laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 346"
citation: "Montana SB 346 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 80
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-11-28"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfea2ca1-b87c-49b7-bb6a-d5fef9b0402f"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=346&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "3dae673d172a1c54dd3c60cbc5cc5ca103ffc2f96cd4dd6e891283a922992f29"
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 346 (2019) — Generally revise motor vehicle laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0346_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0346_1.pdf)
2. **SB0346_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0346_2.pdf)
3. **SB0346_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0346_3.pdf)
4. **SB0346_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0346_4.pdf)
5. **SB0346_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0346_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0346.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **52–48** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **92–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-28** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-31** Draft On Hold
- **2018-12-31** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-31** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-26** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-03-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-19** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-28** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-10** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-17** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-17** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-18** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-22** Free Conference Committee Dissolved
- **2019-04-22** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-23** Free Conference Committee Dissolved
- **2019-04-23** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-24** Hearing
- **2019-04-24** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-24** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-24** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-24** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-24** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-25** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-25** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** 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/bfea2ca1-b87c-49b7-bb6a-d5fef9b0402f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).