---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise electronic tag law"
description: "Revise electronic tag law"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 162"
citation: "Montana HB 162 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-17T20:45:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-16T23:34:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7bb1202-0dc2-47ac-9f3d-3cc818d29a9b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0734"
source_hash: "0e44684adf4bee039387ee63e9ea72e717f3d44e3b407661d93d8176d6b29172"
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 162 (2023) — Revise electronic tag law

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0162_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4156)
2. **HB0162_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4157)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-16T23:34:44+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-16T22:17:43+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`
- **2023-02-27T23:50:52+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-27T23:50:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-13T16:43:20+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-10T22:12:07+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-09T21:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T20:14:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T20:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T21:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T21:30:14+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T21:30:11+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:25:26+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:32:32+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T20:44:52+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T22:32:18+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-12T20:50:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T20:50:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T00:10:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-03T22:00:46+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:26:21+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:26:04+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:26:04+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T23:41:58+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T17:41:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T17:26:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-29T17:20:58+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T17:20:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-28T20:57:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-27T01:19:36+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-23T20:41:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-23T17:20:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-02T17:18:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-17T20:45:28+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/e7bb1202-0dc2-47ac-9f3d-3cc818d29a9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).