---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise voting requirements of quasi-judicial boards"
description: "Revise voting requirements of quasi-judicial boards"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 309"
citation: "Montana HB 309 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Brockman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-12-08T22:10:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:52:07+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea8c0f62-1ebd-4afd-87c2-9a3758b33997"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3457"
source_hash: "cdaa8e40cc61a79ba3e4b0b56de3eb9d3ea1a1711f7836f7a92775889745993f"
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 309 (2023) — Revise voting requirements of quasi-judicial boards

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0309.001.002.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6584)
2. **HB0309.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6583)
3. **HB0309.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6582)
4. **HB0309_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6585)
5. **HB0309_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6586)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — **31–69** (fail) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **72–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Brockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:52:07+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T22:59:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:21:44+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T22:21:43+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:38:48+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T22:14:51+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-14T19:28:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T20:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:52:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-31T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T21:28:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T20:22:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T23:28:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-14T21:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T21:15:01+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T21:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T14:27:00+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-09T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T16:00:52+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T20:08:59+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T18:42:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T17:39:20+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-23T16:17:14+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-23T14:56:18+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-05T16:49:51+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T22:08:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-03T22:08:24+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T22:04:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-03T20:56:17+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-28T21:00:25+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-28T21:00:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-28T16:28:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-27T23:50:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T20:16:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-27T16:25:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-15T20:15:32+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-08T22:10:37+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/ea8c0f62-1ebd-4afd-87c2-9a3758b33997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).