---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise criminal justice laws"
description: "Generally revise criminal justice laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 552"
citation: "Montana SB 552 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
version_count: 20
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-08-27T18:55:08+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T16:29:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cba5e5b6-9e78-41c0-a000-6545cbdab95f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0041?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "d933ec171160a0cd2accae19da6c74367cebdfcd13f457feb2134db7359dc318"
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 552 (2025) — Generally revise criminal justice laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0041.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298152)
2. **SB0552_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299523)
3. **SB0552_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305401)
4. **SB0552_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311920)
5. **SB0552_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316262)
6. **SB0552_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316263)
7. **SB0552_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299170)
8. **SB0552_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316266)
9. **SB0552_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323056)
10. **SB0552_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325009)
11. **SB0552_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325564)
12. **SB0552_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317322)
13. **SB0552_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318293)
14. **SB0552_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318294)
15. **SB0552_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318304)
16. **SB0552_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318305)
17. **SB0552_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320947)
18. **SB0552_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323054)
19. **SB0552_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323055)
20. **SB0552_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316264)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **92–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **17–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **91–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Usher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-27T18:55:08+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-26T22:30:16+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-11-26T22:30:20+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-03-19T21:34:02+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-03-24T17:53:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-03-24T23:33:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-03-25T18:04:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-03-26T13:17:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-03-26T13:24:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-03-26T15:10:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-03-26T20:43:45+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-03-26T21:44:18+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-03-27T19:18:33+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-27T19:19:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T19:19:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-03T16:54:04+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T20:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04T00:01:47+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-04-04T00:01:54+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-04-04T16:41:36+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T00:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T14:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-05T16:50:26+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-04-07T15:54:52+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T19:53:16+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-12T03:48:46+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-16T17:30:03+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-16T19:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-22T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T20:43:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-23T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-23T21:34:05+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-28T18:33:24+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T20:00:12+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T19:45:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-05T19:55:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T18:37:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T16:29:35+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/cba5e5b6-9e78-41c0-a000-6545cbdab95f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).