---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise vehicle and vessel title laws relating to transfer"
description: "Revise vehicle and vessel title laws relating to transfer"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 106"
citation: "Montana SB 106 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Estates and Trusts", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-10-06T19:38:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-02T15:33:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0620b1ca-ae71-4913-bc67-c588109ad798"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0676"
source_hash: "aeac5b05413182b5dedd96d163c9b07cad48acc206410d2fa5b4a06158e12fdd"
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 106 (2023) — Revise vehicle and vessel title laws relating to transfer

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0106.001.003.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12176)
2. **SB0106.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3423)
3. **SB0106.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3425)
4. **SB0106_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3015)
5. **SB0106_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3014)
6. **SB0106_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3013)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02T15:33:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-01T19:41:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T16:20:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T16:08:43+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:08:42+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T22:59:01+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:23:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T21:28:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:51:43+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-07T14:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:58:36+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-05T20:23:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T20:22:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T18:28:28+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-20T19:52:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-11T15:11:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-11T14:21:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:26:11+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-24T21:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T21:02:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T16:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-06T18:41:30+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-02T20:46:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T20:41:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T20:40:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-02T15:42:00+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-28T22:15:23+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-21T20:17:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-21T20:17:16+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-16T18:31:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-15T20:25:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-14T20:53:54+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T20:53:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-14T16:23:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-12T22:34:19+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-22T17:04:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-21T22:06:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-31T18:41:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-06T19:38:14+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0620b1ca-ae71-4913-bc67-c588109ad798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).