---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to Judiciary and rule of necessity"
description: "Revise laws related to Judiciary and rule of necessity"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 30"
citation: "Montana SB 30 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Judges and Justices"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom McGillvray"]
version_count: 17
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-05T18:00:41+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T21:28:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffc4c566-7eb2-42b9-b2ce-f6fa03e12fb0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2223?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "55d93669f9891565fb2f881d9f8bb42ce7db944fd8f1be8442135b7e842ba624"
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 30 (2025) — Revise laws related to Judiciary and rule of necessity

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2223.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266801)
2. **SB0030_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267586)
3. **SB0030_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274868)
4. **SB0030_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275626)
5. **SB0030_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276661)
6. **SB0030_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299473)
7. **SB0030_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309052)
8. **SB0030_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309053)
9. **SB0030_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267578)
10. **SB0030_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316873)
11. **SB0030_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320449)
12. **SB0030_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321729)
13. **SB0030_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321730)
14. **SB0030_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321731)
15. **SB0030_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324721)
16. **SB0030_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326884)
17. **SB0030_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310936)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **58–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom McGillvray — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-05T18:00:41+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-05T19:21:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-05T20:20:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-06T18:29:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-09T21:49:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-09T22:35:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-10T19:15:38+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-11T15:31:00+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-11T18:34:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:54:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T21:31:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-11T21:23:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-01-22T18:31:10+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22T20:30:32+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-24T21:20:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-27T20:29:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-27T21:02:02+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-28T17:58:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T20:10:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T15:04:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-27T17:15:14+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-27T19:24:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T15:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:25:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:25:37+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T16:01:58+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:20:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T21:28:51+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ffc4c566-7eb2-42b9-b2ce-f6fa03e12fb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).