---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to exemptions to the practice of real estate"
description: "Revise laws relating to exemptions to the practice of real estate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 247"
citation: "Montana HB 247 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications (see also: Information Technology)", "Information Technology (see also: Communications)", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Professions and Occupations O-Z", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-05T14:39:04+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T15:29:58+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6b535aa-1a84-44a4-bf99-6742d5d62242"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3061"
source_hash: "7c630e8456b20e738df834afde280513dc5e380ef32f93555d7c52dac5a1c4ed"
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 247 (2023) — Revise laws relating to exemptions to the practice of real estate

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0247.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6030)
2. **HB0247.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6031)
3. **HB0247_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6034)
4. **HB0247_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6033)
5. **HB0247_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6032)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sue Vinton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T15:29:58+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T01:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T00:15:08+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T00:15:07+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T15:20:08+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T21:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T21:19:58+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-03-27T21:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T20:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T21:45:12+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-22T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-21T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T12:53:13+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-13T16:42:51+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T20:41:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02T17:13:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-01T22:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T21:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T16:50:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T15:30:56+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:18:23+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:26:29+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T17:31:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-13T00:09:21+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-11T18:59:22+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-11T01:02:00+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-10T18:09:11+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-10T18:09:03+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-09T23:50:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-09T22:46:43+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-09T17:22:46+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-09T17:22:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-07T20:05:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-30T21:19:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-30T17:22:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-30T16:50:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-27T19:14:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-05T14:39:04+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/e6b535aa-1a84-44a4-bf99-6742d5d62242`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).