---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate jail penalties for littering"
description: "Eliminate jail penalties for littering"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Montana SB 91 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Emrich"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-08-16T19:46:01+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T20:22:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d296bf9-4e16-472d-ae12-f4bdbf31a145"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0197"
source_hash: "bcc70758c8303ca9e04a08a0b116c42f7d70d2dcba71bb17a5a3d027ec2fa15c"
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 91 (2023) — Eliminate jail penalties for littering

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0091.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3329)
2. **SB0091001SCS19622.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10757)
3. **SB0091_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2499)
4. **SB0091_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2498)
5. **SB0091_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2497)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Emrich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T20:22:54+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-23T19:02:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T22:10:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-11T00:04:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-01T19:17:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-01T18:50:55+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-17T21:28:17+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-17T21:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:11:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T21:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T23:04:58+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-02-13T21:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T21:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31T21:20:28+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-31T21:06:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-01-31T19:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-01-30T23:31:36+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-26T15:00:47+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:20:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:22:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T20:44:46+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-11T20:24:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:20:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:15:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T21:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T23:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-06T13:33:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-02T20:25:25+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:34:46+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T21:01:16+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2022-12-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-21T18:21:13+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-15T23:36:58+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-15T23:36:57+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-10T22:47:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-10T17:53:54+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-09T22:46:16+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-09T22:46:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-08T22:52:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-08T22:14:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-08T20:25:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-08T18:27:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-02T19:07:26+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-16T19:46:01+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/3d296bf9-4e16-472d-ae12-f4bdbf31a145`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).