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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise board of veterans affairs laws"
+description: "Revise board of veterans affairs laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 298"
+citation: "Montana HB 298 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military Affairs", "State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Marta Bertoglio"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-12-11T21:58:28+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-26T18:52:08+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b26e0f6b-19d3-4693-b46f-d2b7883cbd44"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3927"
+source_hash: "20b50727c3b56637cc029e835ad31e3c96d7b78ec4df82b1d9c10d4c93ef7def"
+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 298 (2023) — Revise board of veterans affairs laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0298.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6471)
+2. **HB0298.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6472)
+3. **HB0298_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6477)
+4. **HB0298_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6475)
+5. **HB0298_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6476)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **36–14** (pass) · upper
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **94–2** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **98–2** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **43–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Marta Bertoglio — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-26T18:52:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-04-26T00:34:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-20T17:01:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-19T18:10:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-15T01:03:45+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-14T14:38:28+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-06T22:50:18+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-06T21:16:27+00:00** (S) Returned to House
+- **2023-04-05T19:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-31T20:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-03-13T17:00:07+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13T20:30:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-11T00:10:30+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2023-02-10T23:56:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-02-10T21:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-10T17:37:30+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2023-02-10T15:51:34+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2023-02-09T21:47:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-07T22:27:54+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2023-02-06T21:18:18+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-02-06T20:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-06T18:43:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-03T22:04:42+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-02-01T16:00:52+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-01-30T22:00:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2023-01-30T15:48:47+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2023-01-30T14:29:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2023-01-24T20:08:51+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-24T18:38:28+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-23T17:31:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-21T15:27:25+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2023-01-21T15:23:38+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2023-01-21T15:23:37+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2023-01-19T19:26:23+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-01-18T18:46:15+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-18T15:07:14+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-01-18T15:07:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-17T21:52:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-01-17T15:23:55+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-01-16T23:16:57+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-16T23:16:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-01-16T21:13:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-01-15T02:16:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-01-12T23:49:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-01-12T23:38:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-01-04T18:11:32+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-11T21:58:28+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/b26e0f6b-19d3-4693-b46f-d2b7883cbd44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+