---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to legislative leadership exempt staff"
description: "Revise laws related to legislative leadership exempt staff"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 167"
citation: "Montana HB 167 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-10T15:30:28+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T22:32:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eafd6e2-3489-42cb-8a25-43764485d459"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1056"
source_hash: "593e42a03bbc6ae54b53e29cf9fb13e80323e5f07b1dfec567b1e15a170b79ed"
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 167 (2023) — Revise laws related to legislative leadership exempt staff

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0167_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4207)
2. **HB0167_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4206)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T22:32:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-23T21:03:43+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`
- **2023-03-11T16:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-10T17:35:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10T17:30:05+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-01T00:58:12+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-01T00:02:46+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-27T22:15:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T22:07:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-21T20:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-20T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-20T17:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-15T17:30:42+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:21:01+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T14:04:37+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-31T22:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:22:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T22:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T19:00:35+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:35:05+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:27:12+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T20:27:01+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T23:50:55+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T16:46:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T16:44:32+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-23T17:03:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-23T17:03:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-18T22:18:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-17T02:43:59+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-16T19:11:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-15T21:34:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-10T15:30:28+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/8eafd6e2-3489-42cb-8a25-43764485d459`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).