---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring certain costs paid to detention centers to be based on actual costs"
description: "Requiring certain costs paid to detention centers to be based on actual costs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 174"
citation: "Montana HB 174 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Counties (see also: Local Government)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Seekins-Crowe"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 72
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-01T16:42:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:59:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf37a5a7-911b-4a0b-842f-e73d6aed1154"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1944"
source_hash: "c3ca59803371ea6733f57c33ef14e333c7cbfaaf45267d384c8458d4147b76d1"
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 174 (2023) — Requiring certain costs paid to detention centers to be based on actual costs

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0174.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4253)
2. **HB0174.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4251)
3. **HB0174.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4252)
4. **HB0174.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4250)
5. **HB0174_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4260)
6. **HB0174_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4259)
7. **HB0174_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4261)
8. **HB0174_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4258)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerri Seekins-Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:59:33+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:25:15+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T16:27:54+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-20T16:27:53+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:15:23+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T02:41:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-18T21:41:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-12T20:01:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-12T19:49:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T16:00:18+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-06T15:59:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-04-05T22:03:35+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-29T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-16T14:52:23+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-15T19:16:30+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-03-15T14:46:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T13:48:49+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-10T21:00:42+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-02T16:30:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T02:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-02T02:05:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T21:05:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-23T22:38:46+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-23T20:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T22:27:50+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-30T22:27:42+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-30T22:00:33+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-30T21:43:50+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-27T21:46:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T20:49:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T15:13:56+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-24T20:37:15+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-24T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24T19:00:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T03:03:19+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-18T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T14:28:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-17T00:07:38+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-16T16:47:19+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-13T20:10:58+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-13T17:08:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-03T22:31:55+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-03T22:24:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-03T22:23:12+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-03T21:17:59+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-30T01:01:26+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T18:22:28+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-29T18:22:10+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T16:01:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-28T23:54:44+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-28T20:53:04+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-28T20:53:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-28T00:51:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-27T19:53:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T16:55:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-26T23:02:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-26T23:01:50+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-23T23:00:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-01T16:42:58+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/cf37a5a7-911b-4a0b-842f-e73d6aed1154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).