---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise campaign finance laws"
description: "Revise campaign finance laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 393"
citation: "Montana SB 393 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-03T23:26:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T21:30:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/954e2246-6a20-49c8-8869-dc1df61c47a4"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2615"
source_hash: "241869aa99b1a456dcde40d370ae62bdeebc0bba12f4514e5dad5df2442e6dc4"
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 393 (2023) — Revise campaign finance laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0393.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8295)
2. **SB0393.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8296)
3. **SB0393.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8294)
4. **SB0393.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8291)
5. **SB0393.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8292)
6. **SB0393.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8293)
7. **SB0393001SCS.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8236)
8. **SB0393001SCS19680.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8237)
9. **SB0393001SCS20703.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8238)
10. **SB0393_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8208)
11. **SB0393_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8207)
12. **SB0393_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8206)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **32–15** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **81–18** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **6–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T21:30:10+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T18:54:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-26T14:04:25+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26T14:04:24+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T21:53:02+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T01:32:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:38:30+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **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`
- **2023-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T21:38:31+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-05T19:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-05T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-27T14:16:30+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-24T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:07:16+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:18:22+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T16:01:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T21:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, 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
- **2023-02-20T22:01:13+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T20:32:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T17:43:15+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T17:38:47+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-17T16:46:19+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-16T22:04:35+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T21:15:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-16T21:15:54+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T20:58:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-16T20:40:53+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-16T20:27:24+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T20:27:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-16T19:04:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-16T16:10:27+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-12T00:02:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-10T00:24:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-04T17:37:10+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-04T18:20:55+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-04T15:15:31+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-03T23:26:57+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/954e2246-6a20-49c8-8869-dc1df61c47a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).