---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montana historic preservation grants"
description: "Montana historic preservation grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 12"
citation: "Montana HB 12 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Arts and Antiquities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 16
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-07-14T19:45:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T18:34:10+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2293fad-5719-453d-bda0-c3f662f725e5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0012"
source_hash: "5295837a50b786362d27f71ce4b4b80dc609b6a8a313092a795193bbeb2d1326"
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 12 (2023) — Montana historic preservation grants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0012.001.015_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2576)
2. **HB0012.001.016_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2577)
3. **HB0012.001.018_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2578)
4. **HB0012.001.018_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2579)
5. **HB0012.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2580)
6. **HB0012.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2581)
7. **HB0012.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2582)
8. **HB0012.002.002.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2583)
9. **HB0012.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2584)
10. **HB0012.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2585)
11. **HB0012.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2586)
12. **HB0012.003.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2587)
13. **HB0012_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2588)
14. **HB0012_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2589)
15. **HB0012_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2590)
16. **HB0012_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2591)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **53–47** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **93–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T18:34:10+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T17:17:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09T14:37:22+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09T14:37:21+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T17:30:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T23:41:05+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-21T19:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:36:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-03T17:26:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03T14:52:10+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T13:53:32+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-31T19:50:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T22:10:34+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-29T20:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T20:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T20:12:23+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-20T19:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:05:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:31+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-10T17:11:14+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-01T16:24:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-13T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-11T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-10T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:20:31+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:18:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:49:48+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T20:26:38+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T17:00:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T16:53:48+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-29T01:52:00+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T01:51:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-27T18:55:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-25T23:59:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-18T18:11:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-17T19:49:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-07-14T19:45:14+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/c2293fad-5719-453d-bda0-c3f662f725e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).