---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise warrant of distraint as statewide lien for certain funds"
description: "Revise warrant of distraint as statewide lien for certain funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 118"
citation: "Montana HB 118 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Institutions (see also: Credit Transactions)", "Secured Transactions", "Taxation (Generally)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marta Bertoglio"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-09-19T15:21:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:02:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be04878d-19c9-443b-a69b-aa4938e150e5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0484"
source_hash: "b4aa1a064c42afc20ef6fdcdd1d5b0b24f2534e9fd63ed5729cfe093b8f5d692"
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 118 (2023) — Revise warrant of distraint as statewide lien for certain funds

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0118.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3563)
2. **HB0118.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3564)
3. **HB0118.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3561)
4. **HB0118.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3562)
5. **HB0118_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3565)
6. **HB0118_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3567)
7. **HB0118_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3566)
8. **HB0118_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3568)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **94–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **98–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marta Bertoglio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:02:20+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:23:20+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+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`
- **2023-05-01T23:00:40+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T23:00:39+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T21:15:36+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T19:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T19:43:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T02:02:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T21:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T17:08:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:13:45+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-13T19:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-03T02:44:41+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T20:22:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T23:28:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-14T21:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T22:12:13+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-08T20:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T16:00:13+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T16:35:34+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-03T22:53:13+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-02T21:10:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-21T16:31:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T23:47:35+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-13T21:22:12+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-15T19:12:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T19:11:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-15T19:01:28+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-15T19:01:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-15T18:26:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-15T17:55:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-15T16:59:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-14T23:48:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-03T18:36:08+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-26T22:59:27+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-09-19T15:21:53+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/be04878d-19c9-443b-a69b-aa4938e150e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).