---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise mortgage laws"
description: "Generally revise mortgage laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 30"
citation: "Montana HB 30 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Institutions (see also: Credit Transactions)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alice Buckley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-24T19:15:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T16:50:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceb3c32b-34af-42e0-a3e7-e6efe7c6c915"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0227"
source_hash: "91aabef7ddf47cfa7de790386dc371f6e261679b1389a6269525f1f361ff3838"
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 30 (2023) — Generally revise mortgage laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0030.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2731)
2. **HB0030.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2732)
3. **HB0030_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2735)
4. **HB0030_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2736)
5. **HB0030_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2737)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alice Buckley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T16:50:05+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-02-16T23:56:38+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-10T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-09T23:03:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:40:05+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-08T20:40:04+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:13:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:10:58+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-03T21:17:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T20:57:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T14:37:44+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-25T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T22:32:16+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-23T20:58:53+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-23T17:30:18+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-20T17:15:58+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-16T20:22:24+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:30:39+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T15:10:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-13T20:41:03+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T22:31:32+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-12T20:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T20:31:26+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-09T20:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T19:47:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T22:22:21+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-04T16:31:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T15:30:46+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-04T15:08:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T20:23:29+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:21:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-19T23:28:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-05T22:51:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-05T21:43:09+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-02T21:28:49+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-02T21:28:48+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-02T18:02:00+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-11-28T19:54:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-23T15:10:30+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-22T22:31:11+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-22T22:31:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-22T19:20:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-17T22:00:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-11T00:03:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-04T20:28:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-03T20:30:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-03T19:52:32+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-10-18T18:28:33+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-10-17T18:38:08+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-24T19:15:56+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/ceb3c32b-34af-42e0-a3e7-e6efe7c6c915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).