---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws related to correctional officers"
description: "Revising laws related to correctional officers"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 363"
citation: "Montana SB 363 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-27T19:46:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T16:52:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a213c60-61f8-4b89-bdcd-a4e4e999a8dd"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0878"
source_hash: "df6a032e554e75cf63a9d1067c618f6da8613e79577deb3abaccdecd3edd9780"
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 363 (2023) — Revising laws related to correctional officers

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0363_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7589)
2. **SB0363_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7588)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **17–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Usher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09T16:52:34+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-08T20:25:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T17:40:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T00:29:57+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T00:29:56+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T16:37:51+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:02:21+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-12T20:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:41:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T13:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-31T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-27T19:45:36+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-15T21:45:40+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:34:07+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-27T22:12:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T21:48:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T15:58:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:36:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T14:22:08+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T23:23:48+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-15T22:05:52+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T21:18:13+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-14T19:30:49+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T15:00:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T15:00:30+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T00:28:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-13T21:04:30+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-13T20:39:37+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-13T20:39:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-13T16:15:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-12T04:48:30+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-10T17:06:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-10T16:16:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-09T19:25:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-02T23:47:19+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-10-27T19:46:03+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/4a213c60-61f8-4b89-bdcd-a4e4e999a8dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).