---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to sexual offender evaluations and treatment"
description: "Generally revise laws related to sexual offender evaluations and treatment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Montana SB 39 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 65
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-09-16"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1c58f078-e79c-4c2c-b1ba-5346eb8bb9be"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=39&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "a0a3f29910bbb59d6e6bdfdad76571feb029e704e61c884d240e802972d4c71a"
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 39 (2021) — Generally revise laws related to sexual offender evaluations and treatment

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0039_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0039_1.pdf)
2. **SB0039_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0039_2.pdf)
3. **SB0039_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0039_3.pdf)
4. **SB0039_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0039_4.pdf)
5. **SB0039_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0039_5.pdf)
6. **SB0039_6.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0039_6.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0039.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Not Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Regier K D/PASS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-16** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-08** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-04** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-08** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-01-18** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-25** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-25** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-25** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** Transmitted to House
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing Canceled - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-08** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-22** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-22** Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Conference
- **2021-03-23** Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-12** Hearing - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Conference `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-13** Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-13** Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-29** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-29** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1c58f078-e79c-4c2c-b1ba-5346eb8bb9be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).