---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise DUI laws related to admissible tests for presence of drugs"
description: "Revise DUI laws related to admissible tests for presence of drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 13"
citation: "Montana SB 13 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:48:52+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:55:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58232cd9-3c5d-44bb-98ce-c537a97474f1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0360"
source_hash: "fce68b0a52149a42f509599ff0ec3addd47339ef7ef29831668be96a8b12621d"
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 13 (2023) — Revise DUI laws related to admissible tests for presence of drugs

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0013.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3119)
2. **SB0013.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3117)
3. **SB0013.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3120)
4. **SB0013.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3116)
5. **SB0013.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3121)
6. **SB0013.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3118)
7. **SB0013001SCS.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10433)
8. **SB0013001SCS13689.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10434)
9. **SB0013001SCS19696.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10435)
10. **SB0013JUH230316.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12763)
11. **SB0013_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1860)
12. **SB0013_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1861)
13. **SB0013_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1862)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:55:32+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T21:47:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12T17:25:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T22:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:46:02+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T19:46:01+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-23T18:14:50+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-23T18:10:08+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-21T20:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T19:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:24:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-10T16:00:23+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:14:37+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:39:32+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:26:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-24T21:24:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T20:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T21:41:10+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-17T20:28:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T23:47:11+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-07T19:25:52+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-05T16:00:54+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T19:43:18+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-02T16:01:19+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-01T21:07:07+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T22:01:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2022-11-29T21:30:00+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2022-11-29T21:15:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-11-29T21:03:55+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-11-28T21:51:55+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-11-28T21:51:54+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-10T23:09:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-10T17:51:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-10T02:13:30+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-10T02:13:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-08T22:53:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-08T21:25:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-04T19:24:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-04T16:44:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-02T17:55:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-14T17:48:52+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/58232cd9-3c5d-44bb-98ce-c537a97474f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).