---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise sex offender laws"
description: "Revise sex offender laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 345"
citation: "Montana SB 345 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Noland"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-07T20:41:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T16:48:16+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb297980-ba6d-4b4b-bc22-c39413fe5b41"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1001"
source_hash: "75d8c8e6e4eccac6ab54afeb2d51c9909639397b6907b2f4d605ebe030445599"
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 345 (2023) — Revise sex offender laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0345.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7491)
2. **SB0345.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7490)
3. **SB0345001SCS16515.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7489)
4. **SB0345_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7483)
5. **SB0345_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7482)
6. **SB0345_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7481)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Noland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09T16:48:16+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-08T20:23:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T16:33:06+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:33:05+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-15T00:47:20+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-15T00:41:56+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-14T21:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T21:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:40:23+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:39+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:33:35+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:17:52+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T15:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T21:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:29:05+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T20:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T04:49:48+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-22T22:00:34+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-15T20:14:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15T19:35:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T15:02:30+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T22:22:36+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T22:05:19+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T19:19:53+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-11T21:16:41+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-11T21:16:36+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-10T23:04:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-10T22:36:47+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-10T21:37:22+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-10T21:37:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-10T20:23:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-10T20:15:30+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-08T16:51:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-08T16:44:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-06T16:53:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-18T21:19:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-07T20:41:26+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/fb297980-ba6d-4b4b-bc22-c39413fe5b41`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).