---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise criminal procedure laws"
description: "Generally revise criminal procedure laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 444"
citation: "Montana SB 444 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeremy Trebas"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T15:06:43+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T21:33:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ff8b42e-2ce9-4792-b3fe-a9f59fc2cd58"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3229?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "f08d5c48b2c10be5a364d5d9ba1d911b5af3ff06712ba9d383c114c3e05271ef"
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 444 (2025) — Generally revise criminal procedure laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC3229.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286284)
2. **SB0444_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287853)
3. **SB0444_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293524)
4. **SB0444_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293716)
5. **SB0444_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307228)
6. **SB0444_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309212)
7. **SB0444_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309213)
8. **SB0444_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286609)
9. **SB0444_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309216)
10. **SB0444_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321915)
11. **SB0444_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321916)
12. **SB0444_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324771)
13. **SB0444_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326791)
14. **SB0444_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327776)
15. **SB0444_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309217)
16. **SB0444_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309412)
17. **SB0444_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309413)
18. **SB0444_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309571)
19. **SB0444_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310981)
20. **SB0444_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316918)
21. **SB0444_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320493)
22. **SB0444_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321914)
23. **SB0444_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309214)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jeremy Trebas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T15:06:43+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-20T18:48:06+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-25T20:33:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-19T23:53:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T21:36:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T02:21:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T14:32:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T14:41:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T19:28:57+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-24T19:53:25+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T00:23:57+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:54+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-03T20:20:36+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-04T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T16:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T00:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T01:58:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T16:18:38+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-17T15:22:33+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-07T12:37:56+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-09T18:39:40+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-09T22:06:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T23:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:51:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:51:40+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-13T15:08:17+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:17+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T20:40:10+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:18:10+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T21:33:41+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/9ff8b42e-2ce9-4792-b3fe-a9f59fc2cd58`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).