---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws pertaining to settlements"
description: "Revise laws pertaining to settlements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 218"
citation: "Montana SB 218 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-07T20:15:15+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T15:50:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2ae393a-0937-4ffa-88f8-18bd01875095"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0980"
source_hash: "0198eddad586cb072ba49e7dbc445be5268849e8b83296012a2571c4dd991513"
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 218 (2023) — Revise laws pertaining to settlements

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0218.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5114)
2. **SB0218001SCS15239.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5071)
3. **SB0218_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5045)
4. **SB0218_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5046)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **68–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T15:50:21+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T18:02:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-21T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:35:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-19T21:54:04+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T21:54:03+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T22:41:22+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T14:31:38+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18T00:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T21:56:42+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T22:20:03+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T23:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T13:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T19:34:06+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T15:48:51+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-19T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-17T21:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T20:16:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T20:26:53+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-02T16:00:26+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-27T16:34:01+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T20:25:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T17:56:51+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-25T19:43:12+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-25T17:03:12+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-17T16:04:33+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T19:13:35+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-16T19:13:28+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-13T12:42:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-13T00:15:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-12T00:57:54+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-12T00:57:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-11T23:07:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-11T19:39:13+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-11T19:22:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-11T19:22:21+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-01-11T15:37:05+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-10T18:07:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-10T15:40:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-07T20:26:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-07T20:15:15+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/a2ae393a-0937-4ffa-88f8-18bd01875095`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).