---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to psychosexual evaluations of criminal defendants"
description: "Revise laws related to psychosexual evaluations of criminal defendants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 84"
citation: "Montana SB 84 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-08-22"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e932a510-6ee2-4e65-a7db-e5144d8a6954"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=84&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "39fcc7d5ebfe6aa3b4953ce10d42b348179253218e5825aba502d739d6f74aeb"
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 84 (2019) — Revise laws related to psychosexual evaluations of criminal defendants

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0084_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0084_1.pdf)
2. **SB0084_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0084_2.pdf)
3. **SB0084_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0084_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0084.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **92–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **88–11** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-22** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-05** Draft On Hold
- **2018-12-10** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2018-12-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-11** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-12-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-12** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-07** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-17** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-17** Hearing
- **2019-01-17** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-22** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-01-22** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-25** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-13** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-14** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-03-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-18** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-21** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-22** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-22** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-25** Signed by President
- **2019-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e932a510-6ee2-4e65-a7db-e5144d8a6954`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).