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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws governing the housing Montana fund"
+description: "Revise laws governing the housing Montana fund"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 244"
+citation: "Montana HB 244 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Housing", "Rule Making", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dave Fern"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-12-01T16:52:05+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-19T19:55:14+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0bab29b9-6af7-42b9-8e6d-152d38b345b3"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1957"
+source_hash: "c7b23d0d8289e5ebbf4a19471294bfae72d45382016f085eda5f47c0459cf88b"
+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 244 (2023) — Revise laws governing the housing Montana fund
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0244_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6007)
+2. **HB0244_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6008)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **95–4** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **47–3** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **22–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dave Fern — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-19T19:55:14+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-18T22:28:07+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-23T18:52:55+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-23T18:52:54+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-20T15:15:54+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-19T02:47:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
+- **2023-04-18T21:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14T20:01:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-13T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-13T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-04-11T23:11:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-11T22:36:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11T20:45:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-06T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-31T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-03-20T17:30:44+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
+- **2023-03-13T16:42:38+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-02T20:35:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-02T17:13:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-02-01T22:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-31T21:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-24T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-24T00:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-23T22:00:19+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-01-20T15:11:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2023-01-19T21:31:42+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2023-01-19T15:54:42+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2023-01-16T20:18:22+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-16T18:26:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-13T17:21:57+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-12T23:43:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2023-01-12T23:43:01+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2023-01-12T23:43:00+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2023-01-11T21:08:47+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-01-10T18:38:32+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-09T16:20:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-01-09T16:20:27+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-07T17:08:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-01-07T15:11:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-01-06T23:55:38+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-06T23:55:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-01-06T22:22:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-01-06T19:56:24+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-01-06T15:34:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-01-06T14:56:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-01-05T19:51:29+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-01T16:52:05+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/0bab29b9-6af7-42b9-8e6d-152d38b345b3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+