---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish firearms industry nondiscrimination"
description: "Establish firearms industry nondiscrimination"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 356"
citation: "Montana HB 356 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts (see also: Public Contracts)", "Financial Institutions (see also: Credit Transactions)", "Guns and Weapons", "Public Contracts (see also: Contracts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Ler"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-03T18:43:57+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T23:12:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2858900-c0dd-48a9-8de1-b37c8f2df2a2"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2266"
source_hash: "491098235521d303a0a4c82a687d0b5f35548263025612f8fd8b952a62ff97e7"
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 356 (2023) — Establish firearms industry nondiscrimination

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0356_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7771)
2. **HB0356_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7770)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **67–31** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Ler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T23:12:40+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-20T16:23:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:04:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T19:04:58+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T22:23:28+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T21:22:47+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-21T20:17:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T20:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:33:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T17:37:49+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T20:35:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T14:00:51+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-16T21:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T22:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T15:00:17+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-08T00:04:26+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-07T15:02:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-06T23:27:53+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-31T16:05:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-30T20:25:54+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-30T20:15:32+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30T18:05:22+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-28T20:24:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-26T14:47:13+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-09T16:23:37+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T15:59:49+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-06T15:59:41+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-06T15:30:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-06T14:29:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-05T23:27:07+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-05T23:27:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-05T21:07:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-05T16:58:29+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-04T14:29:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-03T19:52:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-29T17:46:20+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-21T22:21:43+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-03T18:43:57+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/e2858900-c0dd-48a9-8de1-b37c8f2df2a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).