---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise helmet requirement regarding completely enclosed autocycles"
description: "Revise helmet requirement regarding completely enclosed autocycles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Montana SB 144 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Safety (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russel (Russ) Tempel"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-03T16:55:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T21:01:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61410c4a-8388-45b7-b812-3f9371490e79"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4403"
source_hash: "1c7a49ed3a21b3cc5d4faf116db192d82579ef96a9733522cad1e9a7c354b3df"
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 144 (2023) — Revise helmet requirement regarding completely enclosed autocycles

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0144.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4577)
2. **SB0144.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4576)
3. **SB0144001SCS18716.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10820)
4. **SB0144HIS230119.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4611)
5. **SB0144_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4554)
6. **SB0144_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4555)
7. **SB0144_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4553)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Russel (Russ) Tempel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T21:01:11+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T18:32:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-25T21:31:08+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-25T21:31:07+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-22T12:46:35+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-21T19:37:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T00:13:02+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T20:31:21+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-20T19:53:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-02-27T14:23:02+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-22T22:00:45+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:17:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:47:36+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T22:04:01+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-27T21:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T21:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T20:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T22:20:18+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T22:00:38+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T18:00:12+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-10T21:26:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-10T16:22:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T16:13:56+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-09T16:20:36+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T15:57:17+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-06T15:57:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T15:45:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-05T23:57:39+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-05T20:05:13+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-05T20:05:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-05T02:25:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-04T21:32:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-04T01:29:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-03T21:28:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-03T19:47:45+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-03T16:55:31+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/61410c4a-8388-45b7-b812-3f9371490e79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).