---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise injunction laws"
description: "Revise injunction laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "Montana SB 135 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-03T19:04:18+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T20:30:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f121dc0-0369-4c66-978e-7669d3760b3d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0577"
source_hash: "54d4b78eac735c83bbf45e6bb03a9033da5a5097a1a66cb1962e799a7d1e469b"
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 135 (2023) — Revise injunction laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0135.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4506)
2. **SB0135001SCS16398.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4495)
3. **SB0135_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4520)
4. **SB0135_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4521)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **68–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T20:30:06+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-23T19:01:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T22:10:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-11T00:04:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-01T19:21:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-01T18:51:55+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-20T21:21:17+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-17T21:57:21+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`
- **2023-02-16T21:04:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-13T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-10T15:00:03+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T20:19:27+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06T18:01:58+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T22:45:21+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-30T21:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T20:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T22:56:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T19:23:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13T19:29:33+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-12T16:00:31+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T20:14:18+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-09T17:09:32+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T18:46:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-06T18:45:53+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-06T17:28:32+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-05T17:23:27+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-04T20:01:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-04T20:00:54+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-04T19:41:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-03T19:39:01+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-02T21:31:40+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T21:31:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-02T17:24:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-02T16:49:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-01T21:48:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-31T21:41:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-31T20:20:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-03T19:04:18+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/3f121dc0-0369-4c66-978e-7669d3760b3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).