---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise public investment laws"
description: "Generally revise public investment laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Montana HB 228 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Retirement (see also: Senior Citizens)", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Moore"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-26T14:37:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T22:04:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b6ffcc7-be2a-433e-a50d-9c28362b7a4c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0496"
source_hash: "753fe6ed5c77e344ba05664f2813e643aad2d14966bf5e518aea8ace8e7513b4"
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 228 (2023) — Generally revise public investment laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0228.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5870)
2. **HB0228001CWS16502.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10374)
3. **HB0228_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5872)
4. **HB0228_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5871)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **64–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T22:04:34+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T17:49:00+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`
- **2023-03-28T20:15:58+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-28T20:15:57+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-17T21:19:21+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-17T21:09:54+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-16T19:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-15T20:34:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-17T20:09:00+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-16T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-15T15:30:11+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-09T17:53:47+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:21:07+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T14:04:53+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-31T22:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T21:10:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24T18:58:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T20:23:37+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T18:27:16+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11T20:55:20+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-11T18:25:35+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-09T21:14:59+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-05T17:10:23+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-04T15:21:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-04T15:21:35+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-28T20:31:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-28T17:51:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-28T17:23:39+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-28T17:23:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-27T21:29:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-27T19:11:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T16:33:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-27T02:07:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-26T20:07:30+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-20T01:56:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-18T23:11:24+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-15T23:07:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-14T00:14:36+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-26T14:37:38+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/5b6ffcc7-be2a-433e-a50d-9c28362b7a4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).