---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise office of economic development"
description: "Generally revise office of economic development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 199"
citation: "Montana HB 199 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Brockman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-08T22:12:20+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T16:46:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d708844-553f-4bfd-a4f6-998f1384d96d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3459"
source_hash: "d0701e46949ea8605c65ad122c2b1db1f6660dcc14f43d32e539eebfd76f98e6"
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 199 (2023) — Generally revise office of economic development

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0199_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4484)
2. **HB0199_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4485)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **90–10** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **91–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Brockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T16:46:14+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:44:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-28T22:23:28+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-28T20:21:38+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-17T21:19:17+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-17T21:09:51+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-16T19:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-10T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-10T21:59:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-30T20:22:12+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30T17:44:56+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T17:42:41+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-27T21:43:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T21:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T22:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T20:25:59+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T21:03:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-09T18:20:59+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T16:10:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-06T16:09:56+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-05T19:44:03+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-29T23:06:10+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T18:49:18+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-29T18:49:08+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T15:53:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-29T15:06:51+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-29T03:33:28+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-29T03:33:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-28T20:15:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-28T17:49:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-28T17:07:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-28T16:30:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-21T18:54:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-08T22:12:20+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/6d708844-553f-4bfd-a4f6-998f1384d96d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).