---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws relating to the director of the state lottery"
description: "Generally revise laws relating to the director of the state lottery"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 273"
citation: "Montana HB 273 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scot Kerns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-29T21:55:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T16:49:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03bdf59d-ac15-4e5d-8a80-5ef5a4c21705"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1682"
source_hash: "e15fcf3c8d19020e1c23b9899af66cc66e95afb3644549404f0ea74caef5bb73"
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 273 (2023) — Generally revise laws relating to the director of the state lottery

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0273_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6273)
2. **HB0273_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6274)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **65–34** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **68–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scot Kerns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T16:49:35+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:46:00+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`
- **2023-04-03T19:10:53+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T19:10:52+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:43:01+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:27:06+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-23T20:24:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T20:14:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T16:52:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T20:42:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-02T17:13:15+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-01T22:50:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T21:51:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-27T20:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27T16:08:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T15:30:03+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T20:18:58+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T18:36:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T18:28:58+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-18T02:50:37+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-17T18:26:11+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-16T19:33:16+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-16T19:33:12+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-12T22:50:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-12T14:40:31+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-11T15:20:25+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-11T15:20:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-11T03:56:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-10T04:26:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-10T00:03:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-09T19:55:56+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-01-09T17:23:59+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-09T17:23:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-07T20:21:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-06T01:31:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-05T16:53:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-04T03:33:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-29T21:55:22+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/03bdf59d-ac15-4e5d-8a80-5ef5a4c21705`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).