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type: "Bill"
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title: "Generally revise laws related to the judiciary"
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description: "Generally revise laws related to the judiciary"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
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legislature: "Montana Legislature"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "SB 402"
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citation: "Montana SB 402 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Judges and Justices (see also: Courts)", "Revenue", "State"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cary Smith"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 71
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2020-11-10"
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last_action: "2021-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27899206-e30c-4842-bb6f-1a272a102130"
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source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=402&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
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source_hash: "f599bf0fc77fc05ceff906b88dc40453ed095504d39346230981af0b89f9f272"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-mt"]
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---
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# Montana SB 402 (2021) — Generally revise laws related to the judiciary
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **SB0402_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0402_1.pdf)
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2. **SB0402_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0402_2.pdf)
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3. **SB0402_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0402_3.pdf)
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4. **SB0402_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0402_X.pdf)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0402.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Do Adopt — **28–22** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **29–21** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass — **30–20** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **64–35** (pass) · lower
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- Do Not Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do Concur — **64–34** (pass) · lower
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- Do Adopt — **57–43** (pass) · lower
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- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–7** (pass) · lower
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- Do Adopt — **52–45** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cary Smith — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-11-10** Draft Request Received
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- **2020-12-16** Draft On Hold
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- **2021-03-20** Draft Taken Off Hold
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- **2021-03-21** Draft to Requester for Review
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- **2021-03-21** Draft in Legal Review
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- **2021-03-22** Draft in Edit
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- **2021-03-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
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- **2021-03-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2021-03-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2021-03-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
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- **2021-03-22** Executive Director Review
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- **2021-03-22** Draft Back for Redo
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- **2021-03-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
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- **2021-03-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
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- **2021-03-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
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- **2021-03-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
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- **2021-03-26** Executive Director Review
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- **2021-03-26** Draft in Assembly
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- **2021-03-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2021-03-26** Executive Director Final Review
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- **2021-03-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
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- **2021-03-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
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- **2021-03-29** Introduced `introduction`
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- **2021-03-29** Fiscal Note Requested
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- **2021-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-03-29** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-01** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
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- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
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- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Received
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- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Signed
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- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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- **2021-04-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-07** Fiscal Note Printed
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- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
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- **2021-04-07** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-07** Transmitted to House
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- **2021-04-09** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
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- **2021-04-14** Amendments Available
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- **2021-04-15** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
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- **2021-04-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
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- **2021-04-22** Printed - New Version Available
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- **2021-04-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
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- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
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- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-26** Returned to Senate with Amendments
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- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
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- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
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- **2021-04-28** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
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- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
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- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
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- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
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- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
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- **2021-04-29** Sent to Enrolling
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- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
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- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
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- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
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- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
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- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-05-11** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27899206-e30c-4842-bb6f-1a272a102130`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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