---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise preliminary injunction laws"
description: "Revise preliminary injunction laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 191"
citation: "Montana SB 191 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Judges and Justices (see also: Courts)", "Remedies (see also: Liability; Torts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 58
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-25T17:38:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T22:33:43+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01bd6056-e76c-459c-a661-61068af2566c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0831"
source_hash: "a6ee4f73037412ddee4de48b02d81d2662123b1821f76a96e27187597ca010ac"
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 191 (2023) — Revise preliminary injunction laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0191.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4956)
2. **SB0191.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4954)
3. **SB0191.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4955)
4. **SB0191.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4952)
5. **SB0191.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4951)
6. **SB0191.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4948)
7. **SB0191.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4949)
8. **SB0191.001.006_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4950)
9. **SB0191.001.006_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4953)
10. **SB0191001SCS12595.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4907)
11. **SB0191001SCS13689.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4905)
12. **SB0191001SCS16398.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4906)
13. **SB0191_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4875)
14. **SB0191_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4877)
15. **SB0191_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4876)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **15–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **66–33** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **67–30** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **33–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T22:33:43+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-02T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-24T23:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-24T22:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-23T23:35:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-23T19:09:07+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-23T19:09:06+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T17:35:00+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-13T22:57:21+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-02-13T21:59:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T22:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-09T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-09T15:00:58+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T20:20:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-06T18:02:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T21:55:20+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-01T21:19:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T20:47:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27T22:45:36+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-27T20:24:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T16:26:46+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T00:06:40+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-24T16:00:15+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-20T00:17:47+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-19T20:30:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T18:23:30+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T22:08:26+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-18T21:30:34+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-17T18:09:15+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T23:08:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-16T23:06:24+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T22:48:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-16T22:46:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-16T21:40:35+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-16T21:40:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-16T21:13:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-16T21:09:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-06T16:12:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-04T21:13:59+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-01-04T01:25:20+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T16:59:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-03T16:59:10+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T13:40:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-02T23:13:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-02T21:30:59+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T21:30:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-02T17:41:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-02T06:40:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T20:02:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-23T20:56:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-22T18:10:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-04T21:23:55+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-25T17:38:12+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/01bd6056-e76c-459c-a661-61068af2566c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).