---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making interim budget committees permanent"
description: "Making interim budget committees permanent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 110"
citation: "Montana HB 110 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-09T21:30:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-16T20:26:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87ddd19a-41d4-4902-ba99-aa3ec1a02c09"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3601"
source_hash: "ba917ece1f82a813240a7c54ebfdef48d3a20517f6ac69c66babcce0a331778e"
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 110 (2023) — Making interim budget committees permanent

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0110GovNotSign.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3491)
2. **HB0110_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3493)
3. **HB0110_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3492)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Mercer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-16T20:26:56+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17T17:00:42+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:00:41+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T16:05:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T15:25:12+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-12T19:45:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T20:06:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:24:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T20:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:22:48+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:30:56+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T20:41:36+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T22:31:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-12T20:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T20:32:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T19:47:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T18:30:26+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T18:03:25+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-05T01:22:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-05T01:22:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-02T21:08:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-21T16:28:26+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T23:45:38+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T17:09:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-13T19:37:33+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-13T19:37:32+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-12T17:37:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-12T17:28:07+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-12T17:01:21+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T17:01:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-12T16:16:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-09T22:49:55+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-09T22:29:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-09T21:51:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-09T21:30:56+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/87ddd19a-41d4-4902-ba99-aa3ec1a02c09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).