---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to the privacy of marital communications"
description: "Revise laws relating to the privacy of marital communications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 325"
citation: "Montana SB 325 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Evidence", "Privacy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Friedel"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-30T18:20:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:47:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75edc525-e340-4279-9dc0-4f46443dfea1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1844"
source_hash: "48ceffea37d4e1cdceaac65c2e849f58920a92ae30ec7ea88966cb011bc68e40"
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 325 (2023) — Revise laws relating to the privacy of marital communications

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0325.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7359)
2. **SB0325.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7358)
3. **SB0325.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7361)
4. **SB0325.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7360)
5. **SB0325001SCS.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7336)
6. **SB0325001SCS17720.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7334)
7. **SB0325001SCS19696.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7335)
8. **SB0325_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7315)
9. **SB0325_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7313)
10. **SB0325_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7314)
11. **SB0327001SCS15238.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11143)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **76–23** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Friedel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:47:41+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T16:16:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:49:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T19:49:58+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T15:55:03+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T22:12:45+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18T20:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T21:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-24T23:26:59+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-15T21:45:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T20:57:25+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:17:42+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T15:46:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T18:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T22:19:56+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-24T20:39:00+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`
- **2023-02-21T23:25:00+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-21T16:00:39+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:16:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T18:01:09+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T16:13:20+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T19:48:08+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-13T18:35:42+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-10T22:45:21+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-10T15:28:02+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-10T15:27:59+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-09T23:54:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-09T23:22:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-09T22:48:13+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-09T22:48:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-09T22:10:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-09T04:50:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-06T21:16:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-06T21:12:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-24T20:24:57+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-11-30T20:05:03+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-30T18:20:57+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/75edc525-e340-4279-9dc0-4f46443dfea1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).