---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise evidence laws"
description: "Revise evidence laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 378"
citation: "Montana SB 378 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Evidence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-07T20:20:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:21:06+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/734bddc5-3cca-4095-ad22-a4616dbe72f4"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0984"
source_hash: "223b35673a6a87b237734b834df09f0ed9226cc95a23566b1773e1e73ca3c41d"
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 378 (2023) — Revise evidence laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0378_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7618)
2. **SB0378_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7619)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:21:06+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T15:27:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T16:20:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T23:39:24+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T23:39:23+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T20:26:26+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:38:20+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-13T22:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T20:49:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T18:56:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:32+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:06:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T20:30:40+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-01T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-25T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T14:58:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T14:01:30+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T21:04:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T18:31:03+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T17:45:28+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-16T17:15:08+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-31T16:43:34+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T20:25:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-30T20:25:51+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T18:33:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-30T18:32:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-21T23:00:58+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-21T23:00:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-21T15:54:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-20T17:20:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-17T00:02:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-16T21:43:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-16T21:25:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-07T20:20:16+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/734bddc5-3cca-4095-ad22-a4616dbe72f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).