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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise security deposit law"
+description: "Revise security deposit law"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 488"
+citation: "Montana HB 488 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Landlord and Tenant"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steven Galloway"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-12-04T01:35:17+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-04T17:56:42+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4edd87fb-7b12-40fb-900a-b16db3f06d46"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2811"
+source_hash: "b697251ff07cd1b74a787ec6254aaea67f9fe94916b8164f811425d646cbfb0a"
+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 488 (2023) — Revise security deposit law
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0488_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10275)
+2. **HB0488_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10276)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **71–28** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **29–16** (pass) · upper
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–3** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **14–5** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **71–29** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steven Galloway — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-04T17:56:42+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-03T23:07:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-19T22:26:12+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-19T22:26:11+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-18T01:39:03+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-17T22:10:51+00:00** (S) Returned to House
+- **2023-04-15T01:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-14T20:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-06T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-03-13T19:33:08+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-01T17:29:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-01T00:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-02-28T23:51:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-27T21:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-21T22:58:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-20T15:00:20+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-02-13T20:17:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-13T17:44:40+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-10T16:39:11+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-10T16:01:14+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2023-02-08T15:24:18+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-02-07T00:09:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-06T15:05:47+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-02-06T15:05:40+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-06T12:29:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-02-05T20:57:24+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-02-05T20:21:20+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-05T20:21:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-02-04T22:18:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-02-03T18:32:38+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-02-01T20:43:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-02-01T17:30:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-01-31T02:35:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-04T01:35:17+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/4edd87fb-7b12-40fb-900a-b16db3f06d46`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+