---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise civil air patrol funding"
description: "Revise civil air patrol funding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 274"
citation: "Montana HB 274 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scot Kerns"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-29T21:48:21+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:49:39+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a43858fc-96ce-4eaa-9353-5b24409402df"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1678"
source_hash: "d44b66991bb75cd516ec2c59bf6d861e9aa74a5587459eec85736b467d425960"
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 274 (2023) — Revise civil air patrol funding

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0274.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6277)
2. **HB0274.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6278)
3. **HB0274_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6281)
4. **HB0274_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6280)
5. **HB0274_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6282)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scot Kerns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:49:39+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`
- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:18:55+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T22:18:54+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:38:31+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T00:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:01:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T20:35:51+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-03-28T21:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T21:04:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-22T19:19:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-16T22:45:41+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-16T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T13:13:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T20:17:05+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31T18:39:19+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-30T21:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T21:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T02:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24T22:32:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-24T22:00:35+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T19:41:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-24T18:58:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-19T20:18:58+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T18:36:52+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T18:28:19+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-18T02:55:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-18T02:54:28+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-18T02:54:27+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-17T18:25:48+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-16T18:52:01+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T17:31:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-16T17:31:13+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T12:30:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-16T02:46:51+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-15T17:18:07+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-15T17:18:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-13T23:16:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-12T03:28:00+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-11T17:26:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-10T20:36:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-10T17:34:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-29T21:48:21+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/a43858fc-96ce-4eaa-9353-5b24409402df`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).