---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws related state prisons and county detention center telecommunicati"
description: "Revising laws related state prisons and county detention center telecommunicati"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Montana SB 7 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "County Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom McGillvray"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-08-31T17:23:01+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T18:33:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c861c010-e1ea-4d30-829d-1272f9f1507e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0285"
source_hash: "6a1bc281dc2d35f10357e999e1df2e55a69904ab1b670dadd5e563c7459b6754"
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 7 (2023) — Revising laws related state prisons and county detention center telecommunicati

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0007.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3074)
2. **SB0007.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3104)
3. **SB0007.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3103)
4. **SB0007001CWS16398.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10377)
5. **SB0007_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1845)
6. **SB0007_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1846)
7. **SB0007_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1844)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Tom McGillvray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T18:33:10+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-02-16T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10T22:47:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-10T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-10T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:22:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-08T20:22:58+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T19:43:31+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T14:11:20+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-02-03T21:11:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T21:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31T21:06:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-31T19:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-26T15:00:56+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T20:22:52+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T21:17:46+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-12T20:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:59:07+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-10T20:14:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T20:12:42+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T15:25:25+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-06T23:03:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-04T16:00:21+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-04T14:10:48+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-02T19:41:55+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-02T15:59:53+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-01T21:23:49+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T23:46:17+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-11-29T21:02:44+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-11-28T21:23:55+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-11-28T21:23:54+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-02T13:54:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-01T23:03:35+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-01T14:25:18+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-01T14:25:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-12T14:37:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-06T19:30:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-04T22:25:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-09-29T16:45:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-31T17:23:01+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/c861c010-e1ea-4d30-829d-1272f9f1507e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).