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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws related to weights and measures"
+description: "Revise laws related to weights and measures"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 53"
+citation: "Montana SB 53 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2022-09-19T13:52:11+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-24T18:34:08+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f31132-f8e0-41de-8de9-35380690625a"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0400"
+source_hash: "ec19120d17b4389a9ad4d300282b7ab8087cda270efb1f8083776746a973e5f6"
+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 SB 53 (2023) — Revise laws related to weights and measures
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0053.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3229)
+2. **SB0053001SCS18799.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10717)
+3. **SB0053_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1957)
+4. **SB0053_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1958)
+5. **SB0053_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1956)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mike Lang — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-04-24T18:34:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-04-24T15:47:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-14T21:45:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-14T16:43:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-04-07T17:20:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-05T23:03:54+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-05T23:03:10+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-03-29T18:33:39+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-03-29T13:08:28+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
+- **2023-03-28T20:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-03-27T20:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-20T19:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-20T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-02-17T20:14:43+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-02-17T19:42:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-27T21:38:26+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-01-26T21:42:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-25T20:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-23T20:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-23T20:10:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
+- **2023-01-20T16:29:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-14T19:03:38+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
+- **2023-01-05T15:30:40+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-01-02T20:00:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-12-29T00:24:13+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-12-15T00:22:02+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2022-12-15T00:21:55+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2022-12-14T23:51:11+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2022-12-14T15:27:09+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2022-12-12T23:18:08+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-12-09T23:16:14+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2022-12-09T23:16:13+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2022-11-10T23:04:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2022-11-10T19:57:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2022-11-03T19:03:25+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-11-03T19:03:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2022-11-03T15:55:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-11-02T20:58:22+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2022-10-28T17:43:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2022-10-27T19:32:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2022-10-27T18:37:52+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2022-09-19T13:52:11+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/e6f31132-f8e0-41de-8de9-35380690625a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+