---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase legislator per diem reimbursements for lodging and meals"
description: "Increase legislator per diem reimbursements for lodging and meals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 28"
citation: "Montana HB 28 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation Process", "Legislature", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rhonda Knudsen"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 58
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2022-11-15T17:07:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-28T20:41:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d01fd66-f3cf-4bb1-acd8-f012a62b4677"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1199"
source_hash: "31e2387a3c7398a7c17899e3839f2cf219229295369f1300f4ca057c21dd7f11"
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 28 (2023) — Increase legislator per diem reimbursements for lodging and meals

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0028.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2703)
2. **HB0028.001.004.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2704)
3. **HB0028.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2705)
4. **HB0028.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2706)
5. **HB0028GovNotSign.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2709)
6. **HB0028_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2710)
7. **HB0028_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2711)
8. **HB0028_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2712)
9. **HB028.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2707)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **61–39** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **56–42** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **40–8** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **68–28** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **43–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rhonda Knudsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-28T20:41:14+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-03-14T21:50:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-14T21:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-11T16:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-10T17:32:16+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-10T17:32:15+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-27T23:25:27+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-27T22:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24T20:27:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20T22:08:38+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-02-17T21:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:58:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T20:01:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T20:27:38+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-15T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-02-14T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-02-13T22:00:09+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-07T23:33:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07T21:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01T20:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-01T18:42:14+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-31T18:00:22+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-31T18:00:01+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-25T20:35:29+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25T15:54:56+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T22:53:09+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-24T22:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-20T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T18:34:52+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T22:00:48+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T20:08:05+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-17T21:03:41+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17T20:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-06T20:51:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T19:15:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T18:30:03+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T14:33:13+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-05T03:14:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T20:22:57+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:22:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-19T23:28:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-30T19:20:03+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-11-30T15:58:48+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T22:08:05+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-28T22:08:04+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-16T13:34:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T23:42:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-15T23:28:46+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-15T23:28:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-15T23:08:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-15T21:47:32+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-15T20:51:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-15T17:40:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-15T17:07:54+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/3d01fd66-f3cf-4bb1-acd8-f012a62b4677`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).