---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide funding for enforcement of PL 280"
description: "Provide funding for enforcement of PL 280"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 393"
citation: "Montana SB 393 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Indians", "Law Enforcement", "State Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 30
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-11-11T16:04:24+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T15:14:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11cf3fc5-d0d1-4045-89b1-1cbcfd52923a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1015?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "08f504cef3f45b20be188a5d93888e4d4cfc68e58dbbaed8649d0a240df470ac"
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 393 (2025) — Provide funding for enforcement of PL 280

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1015.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284112)
2. **SB0393.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306474)
3. **SB0393.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312194)
4. **SB0393_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285799)
5. **SB0393_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286482)
6. **SB0393_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294346)
7. **SB0393_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312530)
8. **SB0393_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313243)
9. **SB0393_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313244)
10. **SB0393_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313246)
11. **SB0393_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313247)
12. **SB0393_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285318)
13. **SB0393_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315332)
14. **SB0393_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318630)
15. **SB0393_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318631)
16. **SB0393_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318633)
17. **SB0393_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313263)
18. **SB0393_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318637)
19. **SB0393_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322996)
20. **SB0393_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324989)
21. **SB0393_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326064)
22. **SB0393_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318638)
23. **SB0393_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319064)
24. **SB0393_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319065)
25. **SB0393_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319132)
26. **SB0393_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=319133)
27. **SB0393_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321019)
28. **SB0393_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322994)
29. **SB0393_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322995)
30. **SB0393_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318634)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **21–2** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **16–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-11T16:04:24+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-13T19:09:23+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-14T21:49:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-15T16:42:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-16T16:29:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-19T14:44:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-20T00:22:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-20T14:24:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-20T17:56:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-20T23:45:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-21T00:09:35+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-21T20:13:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T20:29:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T01:57:06+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-02-27T20:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T20:38:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-14T10:35:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-14T23:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-15T10:35:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-15T16:41:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-17T13:21:47+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-17T18:14:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-21T14:28:07+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-08T18:49:49+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-17T15:26:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-17T22:24:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-17T23:22:33+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-04-22T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T21:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T21:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T22:54:57+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2025-04-25T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-25T15:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-28T21:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-29T13:58:22+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-30T04:14:31+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T16:00:06+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T19:00:51+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-05T19:55:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T15:06:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T15:14:18+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/11cf3fc5-d0d1-4045-89b1-1cbcfd52923a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).