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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws related to public safety officer appointing authorities"
+description: "Revise laws related to public safety officer appointing authorities"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 78"
+citation: "Montana HB 78 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Military Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steven Galloway"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-08-16T19:44:29+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-02-17T18:32:13+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67aa5f64-0ad5-4fb2-b450-2f27870a8209"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0194"
+source_hash: "5bfd7d886d1de24acdb72f7f04c0cfdc30878353c3f387c7b4ada8b03b3f9fa5"
+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 78 (2023) — Revise laws related to public safety officer appointing authorities
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0078.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2212)
+2. **HB0078.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2213)
+3. **HB0078.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2214)
+4. **HB0078_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2215)
+5. **HB0078_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2216)
+6. **HB0078_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2217)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steven Galloway — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-17T18:32:13+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-02-17T00:00:12+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-02-10T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-02-10T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-02-09T23:14:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-02-08T20:45:11+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-02-08T20:44:10+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-02-06T23:14:33+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-02-06T23:11:13+00:00** (S) Returned to House
+- **2023-02-03T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-02-02T21:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-19T20:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-01-18T21:36:42+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-01-18T16:00:51+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-01-12T22:22:27+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-01-12T19:08:31+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-12T19:03:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-01-11T20:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-10T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-06T23:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-06T21:42:02+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-01-05T22:52:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-04T20:30:07+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-01-04T15:00:52+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-01-02T20:44:43+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-12-20T19:22:44+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-12-14T15:56:01+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-12T19:43:26+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2022-12-06T22:28:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2022-12-05T20:38:12+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2022-12-02T21:21:33+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-02T21:21:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2022-12-02T20:05:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-11-28T19:25:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-11-28T19:25:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2022-11-25T22:21:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-11-25T21:25:56+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2022-11-22T17:51:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2022-11-21T22:13:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2022-08-16T19:44:29+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/67aa5f64-0ad5-4fb2-b450-2f27870a8209`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+