---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise judiciary laws"
description: "Revise judiciary laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 313"
citation: "Montana SB 313 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-25T17:40:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T16:07:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4486dfd7-c76c-4629-a4d7-2f2ed0fadb42"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0835"
source_hash: "859b0edc074113012fbe7b98ad0f346651833b735edeb88cd8b3ab4908c90a4b"
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 313 (2023) — Revise judiciary laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0313.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7270)
2. **SB0313.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7272)
3. **SB0313.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7271)
4. **SB0313001SCS13689.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7254)
5. **SB0313001SCS19696.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7253)
6. **SB0313JUS230222.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7286)
7. **SB0313_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7241)
8. **SB0313_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7243)
9. **SB0313_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7242)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **26–24** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09T16:07:07+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-08T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T17:40:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T01:26:35+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T01:26:34+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T16:36:49+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:02:17+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-12T20:21:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T21:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T20:54:08+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:24:01+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-03T04:46:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T01:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T16:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T22:16:39+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-24T20:38:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T18:59:11+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-17T16:00:32+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-10T20:12:11+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T16:47:47+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T16:42:45+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-09T22:31:09+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-09T22:27:48+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-08T18:42:04+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T15:13:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-08T15:13:32+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T12:27:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-07T20:01:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-07T18:03:42+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-07T18:03:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-07T16:52:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-07T15:55:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-03T22:03:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-31T20:51:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-30T19:31:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-17T23:26:10+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-07T18:50:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-31T15:51:48+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-10-26T21:37:10+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-10-25T17:40:19+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/4486dfd7-c76c-4629-a4d7-2f2ed0fadb42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).