---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish decennial veterans' long term care needs study"
description: "Establish decennial veterans' long term care needs study"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 264"
citation: "Montana HB 264 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging and Senior Citizens (same as: Senior Citizens)", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marta Bertoglio"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-16T16:45:40+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T22:06:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9cc07ad8-81a9-44ef-9dce-f0c13bafb3c8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0170"
source_hash: "943d98e62d73dda05dba59b035bc31bf7b715ab1f906821b1ce1fd11e32e1eec"
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 264 (2023) — Establish decennial veterans' long term care needs study

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0264_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6198)
2. **HB0264_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6199)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **93–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marta Bertoglio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T22:06:48+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T18:32:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T17:47:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-06T19:19:37+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-06T19:18:57+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T23:01:51+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T21:31:37+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-03T16:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T20:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:59:56+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T20:29:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T23:56:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-10T21:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T21:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T20:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T18:48:28+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T16:00:25+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T21:53:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-21T14:50:15+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-19T20:18:52+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T18:30:59+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T18:13:23+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-17T20:38:02+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-13T19:26:44+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-08T00:37:28+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T15:55:01+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-06T15:54:54+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T15:47:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-06T00:01:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-05T23:26:05+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-05T23:26:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-05T20:30:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-05T17:22:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-04T18:49:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-04T17:24:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-28T17:47:21+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-21T16:37:57+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2022-12-20T15:13:51+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-20T14:59:50+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-20T14:59:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-19T22:59:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-16T22:13:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-14T21:41:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-13T21:59:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-16T16:45:40+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/9cc07ad8-81a9-44ef-9dce-f0c13bafb3c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).