---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to unemployment insurance theft and penalties"
description: "Revise laws related to unemployment insurance theft and penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Montana HB 142 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Unemployment Insurance (see also: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jennifer Lynch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T13:51:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T23:34:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8515faaa-8f95-489b-8e8f-35b328b0c59c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0399"
source_hash: "e7a3a6ed16366752c555caf6dba8a447d591851a261e4f0fd507f902287b7ac4"
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 142 (2023) — Revise laws related to unemployment insurance theft and penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0142_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3780)
2. **HB0142_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3781)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jennifer Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T23:34:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-16T22:17:18+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-14T21:50:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T21:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-08T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27T23:35:04+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27T23:35:03+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T22:04:43+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-14T21:41:10+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-13T21:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T21:23:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-27T21:04:47+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-25T15:30:50+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:24:56+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:32:04+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T20:43:52+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T22:32:04+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-12T20:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T19:48:25+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T15:30:52+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:17:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-21T22:21:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:20:56+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T22:48:46+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-10T22:52:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-10T19:59:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-03T18:37:58+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-03T18:37:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-03T15:54:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-02T19:48:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-28T17:42:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-27T19:26:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-26T18:09:19+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T13:51:56+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/8515faaa-8f95-489b-8e8f-35b328b0c59c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).