---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise injunction laws"
description: "Revise injunction laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "Montana SB 134 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-03T19:02:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T20:24:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfb7b443-4c94-4774-b4b7-d5e9acfc1da8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0573"
source_hash: "05457cb6f8308c06031859a634a03e443e615da372fe5ca827b6930a261275e9"
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 134 (2023) — Revise injunction laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0134_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4518)
2. **SB0134_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4519)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **78–22** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **17–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **34–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T20:24:02+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-23T19:02:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16T21:44:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-10T17:41:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-02T19:19:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-02T17:41:00+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-20T21:21:11+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-17T21:57:19+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-02-17T21:07:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T20:59:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-13T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-10T15:00:27+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T20:18:55+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06T18:01:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T21:38:33+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-26T21:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T21:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16T23:40:06+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-13T21:37:08+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-13T16:48:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T22:05:53+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-12T16:00:54+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T20:14:03+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-09T17:09:20+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T18:54:28+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-06T18:45:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-06T18:44:52+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-06T18:44:51+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-06T17:32:34+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-04T17:00:32+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T17:00:30+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-03T17:00:23+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T13:38:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-02T18:04:52+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-02T17:14:32+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T17:14:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-31T00:06:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-30T22:02:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-30T18:28:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-30T17:34:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-29T19:16:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-03T19:02:58+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/cfb7b443-4c94-4774-b4b7-d5e9acfc1da8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).