---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally Revise Motor Vehicle Laws"
description: "Generally Revise Motor Vehicle Laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 411"
citation: "Montana SB 411 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Taxation--Transportation and Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-16T16:48:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T15:52:04+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cddf653-bd02-4f0d-842b-600bf8ec2126"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0171"
source_hash: "32f235e43359ca08ccdaaf2e6a1f49ed72b4a5861bd20535e3e9d7ac36062cce"
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 411 (2023) — Generally Revise Motor Vehicle Laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0411.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8829)
2. **SB0411.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8830)
3. **SB0411001SCS17704.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8817)
4. **SB0411_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8806)
5. **SB0411_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8805)
6. **SB0411_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8804)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **29–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Barry Usher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T15:52:04+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-02T16:34:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-22T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T17:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T16:40:44+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:40:43+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T20:14:24+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:38:37+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-13T22:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T17:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T20:45:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:47+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T18:55:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:24:39+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-03T05:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T01:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T21:24:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T00:30:34+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-01T23:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T22:45:39+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-23T15:30:45+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T18:31:29+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T20:48:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T16:44:49+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-20T16:39:03+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-20T15:50:20+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-18T22:38:57+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-18T19:19:04+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-18T19:18:49+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-18T18:33:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-18T18:20:51+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-17T23:05:58+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T23:05:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-16T19:28:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-14T22:58:22+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-11T20:40:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-11T16:28:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-16T16:48:05+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/5cddf653-bd02-4f0d-842b-600bf8ec2126`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).