---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the burial preservation board member terms"
description: "Revise the burial preservation board member terms"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 281"
citation: "Montana HB 281 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indians", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Brockman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-08T22:23:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T16:50:18+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/213a05fc-155b-4667-a86a-5372a30300b0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3464"
source_hash: "a82b326ef5f71b2ceab4743c6f6dc563747713afd83adc5b8afcda06af23405c"
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 281 (2023) — Revise the burial preservation board member terms

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0281_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6335)
2. **HB0281_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6334)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Brockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T16:50:18+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:47:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-28T22:20:13+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-28T19:58:32+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-20T21:54:30+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-20T21:29:16+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-18T14:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-18T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T19:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-15T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-14T14:30:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-14T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-03T02:47:58+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T01:35:19+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-20T19:41:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-20T19:38:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-14T14:01:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-10T20:13:26+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T14:56:56+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-09T22:02:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T21:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06T18:47:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T16:00:12+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-20T20:11:46+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20T18:38:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T00:27:05+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-18T20:03:16+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-17T19:48:43+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-16T22:19:47+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T19:32:00+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-16T19:31:55+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-12T23:01:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-12T21:20:05+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-10T19:43:08+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-10T19:43:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-10T15:28:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-06T04:11:45+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-04T23:58:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-04T23:24:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-02T17:49:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-15T20:56:36+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-08T22:23:03+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/213a05fc-155b-4667-a86a-5372a30300b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).