---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise process to refer veterans to veterans treatment court"
description: "Revise process to refer veterans to veterans treatment court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 85"
citation: "Montana SB 85 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-08-22"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46b37499-a8c2-47dd-b474-0bb3846efff8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=85&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "e4cb671a7ea1f5fbd32048f7ff2c6ae9ce3703874e10e8b670cb956f8b18cd07"
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 85 (2019) — Revise process to refer veterans to veterans treatment court

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0085_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0085_1.pdf)
2. **SB0085_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0085_2.pdf)
3. **SB0085_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0085_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0085.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (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
- **2018-10-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2018-12-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-24** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-27** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-27** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-07** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Hearing
- **2019-01-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** Transmitted to House
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** 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`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46b37499-a8c2-47dd-b474-0bb3846efff8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).