---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create SAFER account for federal highway grants"
description: "Create SAFER account for federal highway grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 267"
citation: "Montana HB 267 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Money Transfer", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtenay Sprunger"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 60
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-01T16:12:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-13T22:28:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1fb3e1d2-d7d7-4394-9695-404ac5b7e565"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1915"
source_hash: "995671e93e4986fad5a619b69b29b9a131ac97e8a284cdcff98e1b4cb63a4733"
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 267 (2023) — Create SAFER account for federal highway grants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0267.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6212)
2. **HB0267.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6214)
3. **HB0267.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6215)
4. **HB0267.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6209)
5. **HB0267.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6211)
6. **HB0267.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6213)
7. **HB0267.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6210)
8. **HB0267_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6218)
9. **HB0267_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6219)
10. **HB0267_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6220)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — **32–68** (fail) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtenay Sprunger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-13T22:28:36+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-13T22:11:02+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-13T14:25:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11T00:04:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-10T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-09T19:26:23+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-09T18:30:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-09T14:57:56+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-02T20:30:22+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-01T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:35:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:21:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-23T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-14T22:00:25+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-06T19:08:13+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03T22:46:19+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-03T20:33:29+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-03T20:16:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02T23:20:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-02T23:17:50+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-02T21:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T22:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-01T22:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2023-02-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31T01:28:01+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-30T21:53:15+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-30T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-28T00:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27T00:43:38+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-24T22:00:59+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T15:19:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-24T15:19:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-23T14:41:04+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-19T22:18:26+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-01-19T20:18:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T18:31:41+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T18:15:28+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-18T01:40:10+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-18T01:38:43+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-18T01:38:42+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-16T15:22:52+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-04T17:38:29+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T17:34:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-03T17:34:15+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-02T23:46:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-02T23:16:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-02T21:32:29+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T21:32:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-02T17:44:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-31T21:12:36+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-31T18:44:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-31T17:46:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-30T14:26:04+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-19T20:40:28+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-13T17:44:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-09T22:50:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-01T16:12:12+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/1fb3e1d2-d7d7-4394-9695-404ac5b7e565`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).