republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/sb-162.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise criminal justice oversight council laws"
description: "Generally revise criminal justice oversight council laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 162"
citation: "Montana SB 162 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-08-27T15:04:18+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T17:43:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c591ea4-2244-4dce-98ec-598774df83aa"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0028?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "8fe30c382f430f9fa3faa5cdf829c44f56089881960e1f6d6b08fa41d955c640"
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 162 (2025) — Generally revise criminal justice oversight council laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0028.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269748)
2. **SB0162_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272443)
3. **SB0162_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275350)
4. **SB0162_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276399)
5. **SB0162_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281132)
6. **SB0162_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297537)
7. **SB0162_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302217)
8. **SB0162_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271870)
9. **SB0162_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316606)
10. **SB0162_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320201)
11. **SB0162_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321176)
12. **SB0162_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321177)
13. **SB0162_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321178)
14. **SB0162_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324531)
15. **SB0162_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325560)
16. **SB0162_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310653)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barry Usher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-08-27T15:04:18+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-04T22:39:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-05T15:56:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-05T20:02:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-06T15:07:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-07T13:53:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-08T16:39:43+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-15T17:20:13+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-15T22:14:52+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-16T20:15:47+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17T14:13:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24T19:00:57+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-01-28T23:40:52+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-02-03T18:04:30+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-03T20:24:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-10T21:37:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T21:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-11T22:47:56+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-12T17:34:38+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12T20:12:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T13:56:41+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-24T17:25:37+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-25T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-29T16:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T19:54:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T19:54:58+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-01T16:10:35+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T16:15:25+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T17:43:39+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c591ea4-2244-4dce-98ec-598774df83aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).