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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provide electronic Montana code annotated to state employees at cost"
+description: "Provide electronic Montana code annotated to state employees at cost"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 845"
+citation: "Montana HB 845 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Information Technology (see also: Communications)", "Legislature", "Revenue", "State", "State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Karlen"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-12-14T17:10:41+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-19T19:35:46+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c664b23f-babc-4a33-ad7d-c414170a20c1"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4159"
+source_hash: "53a334e958398b85a2baa1e0776ee2ed78add0601ffcd182d412e7c84c5f3c44"
+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 845 (2023) — Provide electronic Montana code annotated to state employees at cost
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0845_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11597)
+2. **HB0845_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11598)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–3** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–2** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jonathan Karlen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-19T19:35:46+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-18T23:43:06+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-08T21:01:00+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`
+- **2023-04-28T19:18:50+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-28T19:18:49+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-25T17:00:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-24T23:41:10+00:00** (S) Returned to House
+- **2023-04-21T20:12:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20T19:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-13T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-12T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-04-03T17:28:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-04-03T14:52:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-03T13:53:46+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2023-03-31T19:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-30T19:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-28T21:02:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-28T18:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-28T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-03-27T13:58:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2023-03-24T19:57:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2023-03-23T21:36:13+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2023-03-17T19:10:57+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-17T18:19:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-16T18:20:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2023-03-16T17:29:06+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-03-16T17:18:03+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2023-03-16T17:18:02+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2023-03-15T16:11:05+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2023-03-14T15:53:49+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-03-14T14:23:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
+- **2023-03-14T14:23:16+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2023-03-14T12:28:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2023-03-13T18:16:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2023-03-13T15:47:23+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2023-03-13T15:47:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2023-03-12T18:07:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2023-03-11T16:27:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2023-03-02T17:14:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2023-02-08T15:33:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2023-02-08T05:50:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-12-14T17:10:41+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/c664b23f-babc-4a33-ad7d-c414170a20c1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+