---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to collections-related actions in municipal court"
description: "Revise laws related to collections-related actions in municipal court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "Montana SB 398 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns", "City Officers", "Courts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Yakawich"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-13T13:55:59+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T21:20:42+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08a1a292-3332-46e5-9ee9-41127ef0934d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2927?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "a1f41f7fdca5ced226eb896900b912a72202a0075350a50997420f3eb741922a"
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 398 (2025) — Revise laws related to collections-related actions in municipal court

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2927.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284796)
2. **SB0398_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286876)
3. **SB0398_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=291838)
4. **SB0398_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306328)
5. **SB0398_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309196)
6. **SB0398_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309199)
7. **SB0398_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285474)
8. **SB0398_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309201)
9. **SB0398_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320485)
10. **SB0398_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321892)
11. **SB0398_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321893)
12. **SB0398_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321894)
13. **SB0398_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324764)
14. **SB0398_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326719)
15. **SB0398_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309202)
16. **SB0398_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309215)
17. **SB0398_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309410)
18. **SB0398_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309411)
19. **SB0398_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309533)
20. **SB0398_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309534)
21. **SB0398_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310973)
22. **SB0398_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316910)
23. **SB0398_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309200)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Yakawich — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-13T13:55:59+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-14T18:01:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-14T22:14:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-20T14:52:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-20T16:09:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-20T20:45:26+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-20T23:35:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-21T17:48:18+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-21T18:01:05+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-21T20:13:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-21T22:53:24+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-24T21:49:20+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-02-27T17:40:24+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-27T20:38:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-01T15:28:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T22:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-03T23:21:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-04T18:24:33+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-04T20:09:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-29T23:34:47+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-08T17:30:42+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-08T21:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T23:42:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:50:49+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-13T15:00:55+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:15:16+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:02:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T21:20:42+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/08a1a292-3332-46e5-9ee9-41127ef0934d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).