---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise POST council membership"
description: "Revise POST council membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 443"
citation: "Montana SB 443 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Friedel"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-15T19:50:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T21:31:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a923540-bd29-4b7a-97ba-4c6436630edd"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1230"
source_hash: "915113b092fb1e2e2b7f64898890fd9570e23d4e64049d3c62c46a2f6e91d99a"
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 443 (2023) — Revise POST council membership

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0443.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19316)
2. **SB0443.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19315)
3. **SB0443.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19317)
4. **SB0443.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19318)
5. **SB0443001SCS19696.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19313)
6. **SB0443002SCS18716.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19314)
7. **SB0443_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19319)
8. **SB0443_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19321)
9. **SB0443_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19320)
10. **SB0443_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=19322)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **90–9** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Friedel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T21:31:18+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-01T22:39:44+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T22:39:43+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T00:28:51+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T20:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T20:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T22:12:54+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T21:55:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T22:03:43+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-05T21:58:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-04T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:57+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:10:49+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:24:56+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-03T04:49:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T19:13:34+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-25T18:38:49+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-24T15:00:13+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T20:26:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21T19:28:43+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T18:05:52+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-21T17:40:14+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-21T17:00:33+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-19T23:04:40+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T19:46:43+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-19T19:46:40+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T18:03:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-19T17:50:28+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-19T15:58:46+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-19T15:58:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-19T00:46:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-18T23:29:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-17T00:52:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-17T00:48:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-17T00:42:50+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-17T00:36:04+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2023-01-07T22:42:36+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-15T19:50:53+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/0a923540-bd29-4b7a-97ba-4c6436630edd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).