SB 70 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Generally revise laws related to supervision on probation

SB 70 revises laws related to conditions of probation and parole supervision. The bill allows a probation and parole officer to remove a condition of supervision without a formal court hearing if the sentencing court, probationer, or county attorney does not object. This change requires the Department of Corrections to notify victims when such a condition is removed. It streamlines the process for adjusting probation conditions, directly affecting individuals under supervision, probation officers, and victims.

Issues: ✓ Criminal Justice

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Dec 2024

Committee Review

Apr 2025

Senate Passage

Apr 2025

House Passage

Apr 2025

Signed into Law

May 2025

Introduced Dec 27, 2024 Signed May 8, 2025

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What changed between versions

SB0070_2(12).pdf → SB0070_X.pdf · 4 edits

MODERATE

This bill updates the text of Senate Bill 70 to reflect its final enrolled version, correcting formatting errors, updating the bill number from SB0070.2 to SB 70, and refining the legal description to include parole officers. It also clarifies procedures for removing supervision conditions and victim notification.

Scope change

The bill's scope remains focused on probation and parole supervision, but the text now explicitly includes 'parole officer' alongside 'probation officer' and clarifies the notification process for victims when supervision conditions are removed.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill title and number from 'SB0070.2' to 'SB 70' and changed the introductory text from a generic description to a specific summary of the act's provisions.

Corrected a typo in the text describing violations, changing 'compliance violations violation' to simply 'compliance violation' for clarity.

ENFORCEMENT

Expanded the authority to remove supervision conditions to explicitly include both probation and parole officers, whereas the previous draft was less specific.

REQUIREMENT

Refined the victim notification requirement to ensure the Department of Corrections notifies victims when a supervision condition is removed, using available contact information.

Floor votes · Senate Feb 12, 2025 · House Apr 11, 2025

How they voted

48–2

Passed

Total votes 50

Feb 12, 2025

D Democratic18

18 Yea

100% Yea

R Republican32

30 Yea 2 Nay

93% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Total actions

Key actions

Committee

May 5, 2025

Signed into law

(S) Signed by Governor

upper

Apr 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Signed by Speaker

lower

Apr 21, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Signed by President

upper

Apr 11, 2025

House · Passed

House Vote: pass (98-1-1)

house

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Report - (H) Judiciary

lower

Apr 9, 2025

Lower · Passed

(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 13, 2025

Committee

(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary

lower

Feb 12, 2025

Senate · Passed

Senate Vote: pass (48-2)

senate

Feb 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Report - (S) Judiciary

upper

Feb 6, 2025

Upper · Passed

(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Judiciary

upper

Jan 7, 2025

Committee

(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary

upper

Dec 27, 2024

Introduced

(S) Introduced

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors