republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-392.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise determination of court costs for coal mining"
description: "Revise determination of court costs for coal mining"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 392"
citation: "Montana SB 392 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Environmental Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-03T23:15:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T17:09:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/83c75618-fc80-4504-b2e8-5121ca062b7e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2580"
source_hash: "460a63703434c19f307bca60727667bf09fc078e1008cbf0d45c7eed1d215c4f"
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 392 (2023) — Revise determination of court costs for coal mining

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0392.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8290)
2. **SB0392.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8289)
3. **SB0392.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8287)
4. **SB0392.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8286)
5. **SB0392001SCS12595.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8234)
6. **SB0392002SCS12595.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8235)
7. **SB0392_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8205)
8. **SB0392_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8203)
9. **SB0392_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8204)
10. **SB392.2.1-emails.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8288)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **64–35** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Failed — **25–25** (fail) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **29–21** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09T17:09:25+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-08T20:27:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:51:25+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T18:32:20+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T16:11:12+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T22:12:49+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18T20:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T20:49:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T21:17:27+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:02:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T13:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-17T19:12:14+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17T19:11:13+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:18:20+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-02T15:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T03:18:00+00:00** (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 3rd Reading Process `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Failed `failure, failure, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T19:56:13+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-25T00:02:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T14:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-24T14:55:47+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-20T15:16:59+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T20:31:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T17:42:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T17:35:32+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-17T17:10:53+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-15T01:21:34+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T22:50:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T22:50:02+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T21:19:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-14T20:41:37+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-14T17:53:39+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T17:53:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-14T17:15:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-14T15:50:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-11T17:58:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-11T16:45:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-09T22:54:51+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-03T23:15:39+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/83c75618-fc80-4504-b2e8-5121ca062b7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).