republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-269.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish consumer protections and disclosures in litigation financing"
description: "Establish consumer protections and disclosures in litigation financing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "Montana SB 269 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Contracts (see also: Public Contracts)", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Professions and Occupations O-Z"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 55
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-01T21:50:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T15:50:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54d9f052-3a8a-4f34-a3dd-b6618468f0b8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0932"
source_hash: "a11ed0f981dbf9bd06fa278bbbd5341eee5fcaaeba199f681892a020931e49a1"
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 269 (2023) — Establish consumer protections and disclosures in litigation financing

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0269.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5738)
2. **SB0269.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5740)
3. **SB0269001SCS15239.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11142)
4. **SB0269_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5431)
5. **SB0269_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5432)
6. **SB0269_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5433)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T15:50:35+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-02T16:32:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-22T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T00:37:28+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T14:24:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-13T16:36:39+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:02:09+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-12T20:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:53:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-28T19:11:23+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-23T23:59:01+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-16T15:41:17+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-14T19:33:59+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T01:07:29+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T22:47:46+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-24T22:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:47:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T21:33:22+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-17T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-16T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T15:30:35+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T15:25:23+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-14T13:51:14+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-02-13T21:21:20+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-13T14:29:38+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-07T18:32:17+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-02-03T20:08:57+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03T16:18:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03T14:34:44+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-03T14:15:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T14:13:25+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-03T14:13:24+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-02-03T00:07:45+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-01T23:55:38+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-01T16:35:09+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-01T16:34:57+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-31T22:29:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-31T20:04:04+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-31T19:24:47+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-31T19:24:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-30T21:42:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-30T20:43:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-26T15:12:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-23T14:47:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-22T18:33:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-01T21:50:03+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/54d9f052-3a8a-4f34-a3dd-b6618468f0b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).