---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing partial salary or light duty for injured county detention officers"
description: "Providing partial salary or light duty for injured county detention officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 391"
citation: "Montana SB 391 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-20T18:18:45+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T17:08:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42158715-0151-47c2-a1c8-445697b077e5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1442"
source_hash: "f1c6e837b876b365df33d3c489a6d47f4801d5062343b8d772afc290d5f1469d"
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 391 (2023) — Providing partial salary or light duty for injured county detention officers

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0391_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8201)
2. **SB0391_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8202)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **97–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Usher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09T17:08:47+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-08T20:27:00+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`
- **2023-04-18T16:34:28+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:34:27+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T20:25:17+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:38:28+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-13T22:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:57:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-25T15:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-23T18:15:41+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-15T21:45:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:07:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:18:17+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T16:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T21:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T21:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:31:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T17:42:37+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T16:30:35+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T16:27:36+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-17T16:01:18+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-16T19:42:18+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-15T23:37:50+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-15T23:37:46+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-15T21:59:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-15T21:50:18+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-15T20:03:09+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-15T20:03:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-15T18:16:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-15T03:26:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-12T00:15:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-11T23:25:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-10T17:55:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-20T18:18:45+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/42158715-0151-47c2-a1c8-445697b077e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).