---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws relating to real estate transaction disclosures"
description: "Revising laws relating to real estate transaction disclosures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 296"
citation: "Montana HB 296 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Seekins-Crowe"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-22T17:43:40+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:50:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e46be2b-fae9-458c-83f4-87d57edda769"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1468"
source_hash: "3399a79e3ebb8d87df5638cbf16635198a6d79622d3d7a0cccb06f9c2be72442"
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 296 (2023) — Revising laws relating to real estate transaction disclosures

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0296.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6451)
2. **HB0296.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6448)
3. **HB0296.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6450)
4. **HB0296.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6449)
5. **HB0296_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6452)
6. **HB0296_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6453)
7. **HB0296_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6454)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerri Seekins-Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:50:19+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T21:11:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-26T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-24T20:10:35+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24T20:10:34+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:23:24+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T19:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T21:20:03+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-03-27T21:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T20:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-16T20:56:26+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-15T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-13T23:34:14+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-10T16:00:11+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T23:44:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T20:46:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13T22:57:21+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-13T21:55:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T20:55:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T19:36:26+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T15:00:14+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T17:30:14+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-20T20:11:45+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20T18:23:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T16:45:11+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-19T17:58:14+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-18T21:54:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-18T21:37:53+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-18T18:38:30+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-18T18:38:16+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-18T17:39:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-18T15:32:33+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-18T15:21:03+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-18T15:21:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-17T20:53:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-14T23:18:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-12T20:56:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-12T20:12:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-22T17:43:40+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/8e46be2b-fae9-458c-83f4-87d57edda769`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).