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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provide for Highway Patrol meritorious service recognition"
+description: "Provide for Highway Patrol meritorious service recognition"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 491"
+citation: "Montana HB 491 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement (see also: Senior Citizens)", "State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gunderson"]
+version_count: 15
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2022-12-03T20:36:30+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-19T16:54:59+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e45b7c3f-23ff-4ddb-809b-9797d2fe5b70"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2393"
+source_hash: "ffe657339fd6ff8f3eecdd884b817c4d7afc4dd504e649573966c2048c6135bf"
+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 491 (2023) — Provide for Highway Patrol meritorious service recognition
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0491.001.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10298)
+2. **HB0491.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10302)
+3. **HB0491.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10299)
+4. **HB0491.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10296)
+5. **HB0491.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10300)
+6. **HB0491.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10303)
+7. **HB0491.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10305)
+8. **HB0491001SCH17693.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10297)
+9. **HB0491002CWH18716.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10304)
+10. **HB0491003SCH17704.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10301)
+11. **HB0491_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10310)
+12. **HB0491_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10309)
+13. **HB0491_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10306)
+14. **HB0491_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10307)
+15. **HB0491_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10308)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **47–1** (pass) · upper
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **9–3** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Gunderson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-19T16:54:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-18T22:59:20+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`
+- **2023-05-02T17:04:40+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-02T17:04:39+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-28T22:00:51+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-28T19:55:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-27T14:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-13T15:25:31+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2023-04-12T19:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-11T23:46:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-05T19:58:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-04-05T19:43:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-04-04T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2023-03-30T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-03-13T19:23:37+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-27T20:34:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-27T18:50:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-02-24T23:18:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-22T23:04:44+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-02-22T21:09:01+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-22T21:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-17T22:05:32+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-02-17T20:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-17T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-16T15:00:50+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-02-16T00:15:12+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-02-13T20:17:39+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-13T17:45:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-10T19:17:14+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-10T17:30:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2023-02-10T17:06:32+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-02-09T18:07:57+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-09T14:42:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-02-09T14:41:58+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-09T12:42:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-02-08T23:29:11+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-02-08T22:13:42+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-08T22:13:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-02-08T19:50:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-02-08T19:26:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-02-05T18:06:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-02-05T17:27:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-02-05T00:56:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-03T20:36:30+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/e45b7c3f-23ff-4ddb-809b-9797d2fe5b70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+