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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise covenant laws"
description: "Revise covenant laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Montana SB 247 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 85
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2022-10-03T18:29:16+00:00"
last_action: "2024-05-03T21:16:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dc11c25-8f64-4168-92d0-29f94c3cbcab"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0560"
source_hash: "91cf1494f70963ffb3302a57cac42915395e02a982401e5aae481f11d9f08182"
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 247 (2023) — Revise covenant laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0247.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5357)
2. **SB0247.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5359)
3. **SB0247.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5360)
4. **SB0247.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5358)
5. **SB0247001SCS12595.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5337)
6. **SB0247_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=64421)
7. **SB0247_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=64423)
8. **SB0247_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=264158)
## Votes
- (S) Conference Committee Report Received — **60** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred — **490** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **5839** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **480** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted — **8614** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **500** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted — **490** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **136** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted — **7916** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **110** (pass) · upper
- (H) Conference Committee Report Received — **60** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted — **500** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **5841** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-05-03T21:16:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2024-04-23T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23T19:08:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2024-04-15T16:27:08+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2024-04-15T16:27:07+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-22T21:16:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T18:39:00+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`
- **2023-05-05T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:19+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:18+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T12:36:10+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T23:38:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T23:15:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T22:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T20:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:02+00:00** (H) Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-19T20:54:00+00:00** (H) Conference Committee Appointed
- **2023-04-12T21:08:00+00:00** (S) Conference Committee Appointed
- **2023-04-12T20:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T00:13:34+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-05T21:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T20:45:37+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-27T20:44:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-25T01:07:24+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-23T14:05:03+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T19:33:55+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T01:05:52+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T22:43:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-16T20:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:29:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T16:00:33+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T14:24:33+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-03T20:28:53+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-02-02T21:38:12+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-02T20:28:42+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-01T20:19:57+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T18:30:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T16:56:10+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-01T16:49:43+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-01T15:58:16+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-30T20:47:41+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T15:48:00+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-30T15:47:55+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-28T17:28:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-28T17:01:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-27T18:25:02+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-27T18:25:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-27T17:23:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-27T16:40:59+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-27T16:18:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-24T23:54:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-24T23:48:05+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-01-08T00:49:23+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T16:13:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-06T16:13:35+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T14:37:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-06T00:01:17+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-05T20:08:24+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-05T20:08:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-05T13:19:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-05T03:36:53+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-04T15:03:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-04T14:07:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-02T22:09:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-02T14:52:21+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-31T19:53:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-30T22:04:11+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-04T14:37:11+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-10-03T18:56:27+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-10-03T18:29:16+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/1dc11c25-8f64-4168-92d0-29f94c3cbcab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).