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legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-598.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibit use of ranked-choice voting methods"
+description: "Prohibit use of ranked-choice voting methods"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 598"
+citation: "Montana HB 598 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lyn Hellegaard"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-12-27T14:04:47+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-27T18:07:52+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8a2e72a-f090-4760-981d-cda1dc91a20c"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4320"
+source_hash: "a57a403981e33354526907436d39a5f09756ab30f54534a71a24e6cf5477410f"
+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 598 (2023) — Prohibit use of ranked-choice voting methods
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0598.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9212)
+2. **HB0598.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9211)
+3. **HB0598_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9213)
+4. **HB0598_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9214)
+5. **HB0598_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9215)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–5** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **27–23** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **56–43** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **54–46** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **29–21** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–8** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lyn Hellegaard — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-27T18:07:52+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-04-26T15:16:00+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`
+- **2023-04-19T15:16:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-13T23:00:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-13T23:00:38+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-06T22:51:11+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-06T21:16:44+00:00** (S) Returned to House
+- **2023-04-05T20:08:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-04T20:10:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-29T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-23T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-03-14T15:13:28+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-10T00:14:15+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-03T17:20:05+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-03-03T04:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-01T22:06:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-02-27T23:39:54+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-02-27T23:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-27T14:00:57+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-02-24T20:17:57+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-02-21T21:54:18+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
+- **2023-02-21T20:45:59+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-20T17:37:51+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-16T16:29:34+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-16T15:10:24+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2023-02-15T14:46:43+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-02-14T19:26:05+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-14T14:57:28+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-02-14T14:57:24+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-02-14T00:25:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-02-13T20:54:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-02-13T19:59:33+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-02-13T19:59:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-02-12T19:55:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-02-12T19:33:37+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-02-10T18:11:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-02-07T22:37:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-02-06T18:49:27+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-27T14:04:47+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/e8a2e72a-f090-4760-981d-cda1dc91a20c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+