---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise building construction procurement laws"
description: "Generally revise building construction procurement laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 151"
citation: "Montana HB 151 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Buildings and Building Regulations", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-08-22T20:33:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T16:43:31+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ca104ea-c42f-4345-b5cc-af4d52159403"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0223"
source_hash: "b42f9d75158758faad3437768aad71bd4ae2d0e01680ce8113b9fb9e3b9cb3be"
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 151 (2023) — Generally revise building construction procurement laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0151.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4066)
2. **HB0151.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4063)
3. **HB0151.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4067)
4. **HB0151.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4061)
5. **HB0151.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4064)
6. **HB0151.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4068)
7. **HB0151.002.003.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4060)
8. **HB0151.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4065)
9. **HB0151.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4062)
10. **HB0151_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4070)
11. **HB0151_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4069)
12. **HB0151_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4071)
13. **HB0151_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4072)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **73–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T16:43:31+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:37:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-06T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T23:22:01+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T23:21:20+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T21:50:52+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T21:36:15+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-24T21:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-14T20:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T20:39:50+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T20:05:19+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T19:11:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-23T21:43:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T14:19:41+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-20T20:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T20:46:11+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-17T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16T18:14:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T19:56:12+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-04T15:00:28+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:21:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:23:24+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:22:44+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T20:06:54+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T17:22:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-23T16:15:15+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-22T15:31:34+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-22T15:31:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-21T20:03:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-21T03:17:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-15T20:29:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-15T19:56:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-22T20:33:39+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/7ca104ea-c42f-4345-b5cc-af4d52159403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).