---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise railroad protective device funding"
description: "Revise railroad protective device funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 105"
citation: "Montana HB 105 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Roads", "Taxation--Fuels", "Taxation--Transportation and Vehicles"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul Green"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-26T15:08:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:36:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/26d74acc-366a-498c-aa53-72f7de91ee2f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0515"
source_hash: "f5fe81cbef01c487c4e39b2de842902fcb16922366dfb474b25770cc6ea1b193"
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 105 (2023) — Revise railroad protective device funding

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0105_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3456)
2. **HB0105_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3455)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Paul Green — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-04-19T20:36:56+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:17:00+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`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T21:02:02+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T21:02:01+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T14:30:01+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-23T21:11:48+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-22T21:01:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:58:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-14T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T20:31:29+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-23T17:38:05+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T17:33:33+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-20T21:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-20T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T20:57:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-16T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13T23:40:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:57+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-04T15:13:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T00:52:47+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T21:07:10+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:22:55+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-21T16:24:54+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T23:44:24+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T17:08:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-13T19:35:07+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-13T19:35:06+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-16T18:48:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-16T18:11:49+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-15T17:19:57+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-15T17:19:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-14T22:28:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-14T22:26:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-14T19:00:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-11T17:45:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-20T16:32:56+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-26T15:08:26+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/26d74acc-366a-498c-aa53-72f7de91ee2f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).