---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise vehicle registration law regarding military personnel"
description: "Revise vehicle registration law regarding military personnel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "Montana HB 224 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Harvey"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 60
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-05T19:51:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T22:03:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf8bdf33-2e44-4ce7-a4ef-2d5c793584a7"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3159"
source_hash: "3269c7b3690d39aa2db0fc6510d6dcad08f813847a6db8a9747ca0abc80d3878"
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 224 (2023) — Revise vehicle registration law regarding military personnel

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0224_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5801)
2. **HB0224_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5802)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Derek Harvey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T22:03:50+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T17:48:00+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`
- **2023-04-05T16:11:37+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T16:10:59+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T22:26:08+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T20:35:45+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-28T21:35:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T20:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:26:18+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:21:06+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T14:04:49+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-31T22:13:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T23:39:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T14:40:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-16T22:00:28+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T21:48:44+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-16T19:33:06+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-11T20:08:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11T19:01:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11T15:35:56+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-10T17:41:04+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-10T17:40:03+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-10T17:40:02+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-10T17:26:28+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-30T19:18:46+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-30T17:16:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-30T17:16:33+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-30T13:23:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-30T02:55:47+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-29T21:12:12+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-29T21:12:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-29T02:46:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-28T23:55:29+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-28T19:47:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-28T16:49:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-27T22:53:30+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-27T20:27:00+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2022-12-26T18:53:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-20T14:14:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-19T23:54:55+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-19T23:54:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-19T21:48:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-19T18:59:26+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-16T21:25:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-15T20:29:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-12T23:50:29+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-12T23:49:29+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-05T19:51:17+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/cf8bdf33-2e44-4ce7-a4ef-2d5c793584a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).