---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to the coal trust"
description: "Generally revise laws related to the coal trust"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 321"
citation: "Montana HB 321 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Money Transfer", "School Finance", "Schools and Education", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "Taxation--Coal (see also: Appropriations", "Coal Tax Fund Principal)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Linda Reksten"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 79
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2022-11-18T15:59:24+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T18:41:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1feadb1-6a30-43bc-afd2-bdf516726366"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1343"
source_hash: "c86fde72bb05de1830245b0af323d00dca36382a5a33f9da1b5ee866ee80db57"
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 321 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to the coal trust

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0321.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6690)
2. **HB0321.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6691)
3. **HB0321.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6688)
4. **HB0321.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6693)
5. **HB0321.001.005_Amendments-in-Context-final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6689)
6. **HB0321.001.005_Amendments-in-Context-final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6686)
7. **HB0321.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6694)
8. **HB0321.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6687)
9. **HB0321.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6692)
10. **HB0321.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6696)
11. **HB0321_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6701)
12. **HB0321_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6703)
13. **HB0321_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6700)
14. **HB0321_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6702)
15. **HB321.2.2_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6695)

## Votes

- (S) Taken from Table in Committee — **15–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **83–17** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **93–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **14–9** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **90–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **78–21** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Linda Reksten — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T18:41:05+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T17:21:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-11T20:49:53+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-11T20:49:51+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03T20:31:30+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T02:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T00:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T19:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T23:30:25+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-28T19:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T16:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T20:54:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-26T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-26T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-04-25T23:53:44+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-25T20:46:19+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-04-25T19:06:27+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-25T17:22:56+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-04-21T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-04-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-20T22:01:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T19:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-20T18:53:22+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-19T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-14T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-07T18:55:10+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-06T18:43:18+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-04-05T22:02:57+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-04T23:15:20+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T19:36:10+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T14:10:30+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-04T01:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T21:07:35+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-31T22:38:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:56:01+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-30T19:37:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T23:31:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-02-20T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-02-15T19:42:56+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-14T22:00:19+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-13T22:01:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T21:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T22:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-01T16:00:31+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-01T00:14:10+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-31T16:57:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-30T20:51:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-26T20:25:26+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T18:50:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T01:21:10+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-24T17:38:12+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-24T16:48:06+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-23T16:20:16+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-19T14:41:27+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-19T14:41:22+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-19T12:36:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-19T01:43:12+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-18T18:39:20+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-18T18:39:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-18T01:27:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-18T00:52:17+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-17T19:51:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-17T18:58:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-16T21:21:48+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-01-13T16:45:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-13T16:45:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-12T22:53:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-12T22:43:52+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-11T18:23:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-11T17:52:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-18T15:59:24+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/b1feadb1-6a30-43bc-afd2-bdf516726366`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).