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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise funeral insurance laws to increase maximum initial policy limit"
+description: "Revise funeral insurance laws to increase maximum initial policy limit"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 505"
+citation: "Montana HB 505 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Insurance"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nelly Nicol"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-01-17T22:11:05+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-20T23:16:23+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f33e0d3a-54e3-4da2-9547-176ae88184d7"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4539"
+source_hash: "bbebcc256c4531f7ed6f3a025865796ad6b7c96c276f7418daf9258c3516a4bf"
+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 505 (2023) — Revise funeral insurance laws to increase maximum initial policy limit
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0505_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8360)
+2. **HB0505_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8361)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nelly Nicol — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-20T23:16:23+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-04-20T16:27:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-06T20:27:54+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-06T20:26:56+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-01T00:50:39+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-03-31T21:52:47+00:00** (S) Returned to House
+- **2023-03-30T20:42:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-29T19:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-24T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-23T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-03-15T14:54:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-02T16:40:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-02T02:27:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-03-02T02:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-28T22:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-24T20:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-23T18:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-23T15:00:53+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-02-14T20:15:21+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-14T15:52:02+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-13T17:14:57+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-12T23:25:41+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2023-02-09T17:34:46+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-02-01T01:14:57+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-31T16:51:48+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-01-31T16:51:39+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-01-30T22:11:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-01-30T21:47:37+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-01-30T18:05:40+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-01-30T18:05:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-01-30T14:32:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-01-29T00:41:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-01-26T16:30:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-01-26T16:26:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-01-17T22:11:05+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/f33e0d3a-54e3-4da2-9547-176ae88184d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+