---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing notice of nonstandard penalties for certain traffic violations"
description: "Providing notice of nonstandard penalties for certain traffic violations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 27"
citation: "Montana HB 27 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Traffic Regulations (see also: Motor Vehicles)", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Duram"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-03T19:32:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:59:22+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e88cbc43-5612-434c-a1e8-40c482746b85"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0612"
source_hash: "608a175ee2368d065ffa41fd96c96a1cac4d17520a811f1de0c14058e3c86676"
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 27 (2023) — Providing notice of nonstandard penalties for certain traffic violations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0027_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2699)
2. **HB0027_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2700)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **42–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil Duram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:59:22+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T15:12:00+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`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T18:34:42+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T18:34:41+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T14:29:48+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-23T21:11:43+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-26T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:19:22+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:41:06+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T18:40:06+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-13T20:51:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T23:52:35+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:22:45+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-19T23:28:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-30T16:00:37+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T22:07:26+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-01T18:42:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-01T16:32:39+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-10-31T17:18:54+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-10-31T17:18:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-20T15:25:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-19T17:56:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-14T23:05:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-14T17:29:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-03T19:32:53+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/e88cbc43-5612-434c-a1e8-40c482746b85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).