---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise legislative constituent services allowance laws"
description: "Revise legislative constituent services allowance laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 150"
citation: "Montana HB 150 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kim Abbott"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-10T16:27:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-06T20:00:53+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8ad05d8-f65f-4333-9dd9-1318114166c2"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1057"
source_hash: "2d6e9affd8352d9affb98d5d9d0a71b5cfab7bfa0f6976a3f60f6153db5652e2"
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 150 (2023) — Revise legislative constituent services allowance laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0150.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4054)
2. **HB0150_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4057)
3. **HB0150_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4055)
4. **HB0150_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4056)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kim Abbott — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06T20:00:53+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-02T21:53:55+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-01T16:19:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-01T15:35:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-27T23:20:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-27T19:10:05+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27T19:08:20+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-20T22:36:25+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-20T22:08:40+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-17T21:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:47:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T20:01:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-14T14:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-27T20:33:07+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27T16:33:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T22:57:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-26T21:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:53:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T17:53:33+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-19T22:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T21:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T23:25:46+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T19:00:07+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:21:21+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:23:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:22:32+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T20:06:17+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-12T22:38:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-12T22:33:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-12T19:38:10+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T19:38:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-12T16:27:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-11T23:55:19+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-10T03:07:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-10T00:52:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-10T16:27:00+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/c8ad05d8-f65f-4333-9dd9-1318114166c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).