---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to state government employee directories"
description: "Revise laws related to state government employee directories"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 348"
citation: "Montana HB 348 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Walsh"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-20T18:11:31+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:18:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2472a8b8-3c15-4fcd-851c-17c33e53729f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1435"
source_hash: "f3eacdf8e78ce2c4ad5cf950d7b09e7fbc5a07f975c31de168fe31f4acb3d5a5"
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 348 (2023) — Revise laws related to state government employee directories

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0348.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6931)
2. **HB0348.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6932)
3. **HB0348.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6930)
4. **HB0348_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6936)
5. **HB0348_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6934)
6. **HB0348_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6935)
7. **HB0348_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6933)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:18:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:33:35+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-28T19:14:39+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28T19:14:38+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-25T16:59:57+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T19:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T15:25:19+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-12T19:47:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T22:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T20:45:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-06T18:20:50+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-05T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T17:35:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T20:24:11+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T14:26:36+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-15T22:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T20:47:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T22:04:52+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-08T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T21:57:07+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-06T16:00:37+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-27T20:30:43+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-27T19:03:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T18:54:58+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-27T00:50:57+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-25T22:34:31+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-25T16:56:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-24T16:03:15+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-24T16:03:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-24T12:33:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-24T02:40:48+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-24T02:20:32+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-24T02:20:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-23T20:53:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-23T18:35:13+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-19T16:08:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-19T15:31:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-18T22:56:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-18T03:03:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-20T18:11:31+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/2472a8b8-3c15-4fcd-851c-17c33e53729f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).