---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise local government financial reporting and audit requirements"
description: "Revise local government financial reporting and audit requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 262"
citation: "Montana HB 262 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "County Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Rule Making", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Schillinger"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 69
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-11-07T20:32:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:49:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44bf24b0-09b3-4d08-92c5-5da1e4774b2d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0998"
source_hash: "e9cc790e937f780d60b5980b781df50bc240c8a3b54c2930a327a10b639c6a93"
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 262 (2023) — Revise local government financial reporting and audit requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0262.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6185)
2. **HB0262_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6190)
3. **HB0262_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6189)
4. **HB0262_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6188)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jerry Schillinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:49:03+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T22:56:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-26T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-23T18:54:46+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T18:54:45+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:16:01+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T02:47:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-18T22:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T17:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:36:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T17:40:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T20:05:14+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T21:57:10+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-17T21:04:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T14:42:29+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-13T21:56:55+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-10T23:40:40+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-08T22:18:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T21:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T14:07:58+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-03T21:38:15+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-03T20:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03T00:39:55+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T22:00:23+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-31T16:27:54+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-30T22:00:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-30T16:09:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-27T18:06:44+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-18T20:08:40+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18T18:25:39+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T18:12:38+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-17T22:56:30+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-17T20:31:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-17T20:30:42+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-13T16:54:51+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-12T22:24:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-12T22:24:31+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-12T22:11:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-12T17:21:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-12T16:55:42+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-12T16:55:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-11T20:38:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-11T20:30:38+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-11T19:12:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-11T15:34:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-06T00:45:24+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2022-12-30T19:24:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-30T17:19:26+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-30T17:19:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-30T00:53:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-29T22:56:17+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-29T21:14:50+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-29T21:14:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-29T00:03:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-28T23:25:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-28T17:05:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-28T16:32:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-20T20:49:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-07T20:32:53+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/44bf24b0-09b3-4d08-92c5-5da1e4774b2d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).