---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the Crime Victims Restitution Fund relating to burial amounts"
description: "Revise the Crime Victims Restitution Fund relating to burial amounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 183"
citation: "Montana HB 183 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nelly Nicol"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-10-13T14:52:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-23T22:33:33+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d05131a-c3aa-4bb0-89f1-19c221e7c128"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0706"
source_hash: "136d0893f92c3eff8dbac09abc13be7305c7e4adf4d9a44d44363a4a6f8db82f"
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 183 (2023) — Revise the Crime Victims Restitution Fund relating to burial amounts

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0183.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4312)
2. **HB0183.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4313)
3. **HB0183_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4315)
4. **HB0183_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4317)
5. **HB0183_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4316)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nelly Nicol — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-23T22:33:33+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-23T21:04:18+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`
- **2023-03-07T19:55:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-01T18:41:59+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-21T22:53:38+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-21T21:41:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14T21:41:20+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-02-13T21:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T22:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-02-01T19:32:49+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-02-01T18:18:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-01T14:48:53+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-31T16:00:32+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T20:40:14+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T20:05:22+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T19:11:53+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-23T21:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-20T21:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T19:59:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13T15:08:16+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-13T15:08:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-13T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T21:45:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-06T21:01:48+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-06T19:06:43+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T14:59:06+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-05T14:59:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-05T14:58:54+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-05T14:58:53+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-03T21:44:12+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-27T20:38:06+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-21T18:45:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-21T18:45:53+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-11-29T17:54:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-23T22:16:23+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-18T22:46:38+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-18T22:46:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-18T17:38:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-15T15:59:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-03T18:14:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-02T20:28:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-13T14:52:11+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/8d05131a-c3aa-4bb0-89f1-19c221e7c128`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).