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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise election laws related to the counting of votes"
+description: "Revise election laws related to the counting of votes"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 196"
+citation: "Montana HB 196 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lyn Hellegaard"]
+version_count: 14
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-12-01T16:40:03+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-19T19:57:56+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c0b79c9-e14b-45ae-9768-80efd7f02326"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1942"
+source_hash: "dbb29e23443e71f09b0dcaabacfefd8c69eb39f86a6e523ca887433b17d8346b"
+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 HB 196 (2023) — Revise election laws related to the counting of votes
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0196.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4464)
+2. **HB0196.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4458)
+3. **HB0196.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4462)
+4. **HB0196.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4463)
+5. **HB0196.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4465)
+6. **HB0196.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4459)
+7. **HB0196.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4466)
+8. **HB0196.002.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4467)
+9. **HB0196.002.005_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4461)
+10. **HB0196.002.005_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4460)
+11. **HB0196_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4471)
+12. **HB0196_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4469)
+13. **HB0196_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4468)
+14. **HB0196_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4470)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **65–33** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **71–28** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **65–33** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **12–6** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lyn Hellegaard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-19T19:57:56+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-18T22:26:02+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-05-01T23:04:20+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-01T23:04:19+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-26T21:15:54+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-26T19:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-24T19:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-19T02:04:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2023-04-18T21:57:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18T01:36:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-17T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-17T18:40:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-04-15T03:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-04-14T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-03-13T18:41:53+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-09T20:23:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-08T23:10:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-02-08T22:20:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-07T20:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-02T22:33:23+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-02-02T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-01T18:36:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-20T17:25:18+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-01-17T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-01-09T21:01:56+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-09T18:19:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-06T02:42:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-06T02:41:37+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2023-01-04T17:44:38+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2022-12-29T18:29:07+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2022-12-28T22:42:01+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2022-12-28T22:41:54+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2022-12-28T22:11:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2022-12-28T21:51:18+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2022-12-28T20:53:42+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-28T20:53:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2022-12-28T02:54:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-12-27T20:13:56+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2022-12-27T17:39:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2022-12-26T19:06:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2022-12-23T00:12:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-01T16:40:03+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/6c0b79c9-e14b-45ae-9768-80efd7f02326`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+