---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise MVD laws"
description: "Generally revise MVD laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 353"
citation: "Montana SB 353 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 51
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-15"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b57b016-ddb6-45f8-bef1-d6acc62dd1bd"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=353&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "2a4ff87323fa87cb7bcf3b4ba84d686a9d39cb7238442b5e7e95d98a198556a8"
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 353 (2019) — Generally revise MVD laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0353_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0353_1.pdf)
2. **SB0353_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0353_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0353.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Take SB 353 from Comm to 2nd Reading -Cohenour — **24–25** (fail) · upper
- Do Concur — **59–38** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **61–39** (pass) · lower
- Take SB 353 from Comm to 2nd Reading March 29-Cohenour — **25–24** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-15** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-19** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-19** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-20** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-03-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-21** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-27** Motion Failed
- **2019-03-28** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-28** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2019-04-08** Hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-24** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b57b016-ddb6-45f8-bef1-d6acc62dd1bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).