---
type: "Bill"
title: "Make board of public accountants enterprise fund permanent"
description: "Make board of public accountants enterprise fund permanent"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 292"
citation: "Montana HB 292 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation Process", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Professions and Occupations A-D", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Dooling"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-03T12:33:54+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T22:07:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3a88590-db9a-41ad-a00f-ed556bb3bc23"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4393"
source_hash: "78e517f9facd496122a30f96898dd3a629692cde52d277e229dacfc47aeb860a"
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 292 (2023) — Make board of public accountants enterprise fund permanent

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0292_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6428)
2. **HB0292_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6429)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Dooling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T22:07:56+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T16:41:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-06T19:21:30+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-06T19:20:12+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-01T00:42:09+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-31T21:52:30+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-30T20:46:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-28T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-24T20:58:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24T20:15:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:29:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:40:12+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T20:22:31+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07T23:31:56+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-07T21:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:51:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T00:37:20+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T22:00:13+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T21:56:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-26T21:56:25+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-26T19:36:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-20T20:11:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20T18:39:49+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T02:01:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-20T00:33:32+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-19T02:00:37+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-19T02:00:36+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-18T22:58:09+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-17T20:04:57+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-17T16:57:31+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-17T16:57:26+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T22:40:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-16T16:05:29+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-15T23:08:26+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-15T23:08:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-15T01:50:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-09T17:36:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-07T18:10:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-06T15:15:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-03T12:33:54+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/d3a88590-db9a-41ad-a00f-ed556bb3bc23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).