---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise election of county commissioners"
description: "Revise election of county commissioners"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 360"
citation: "Montana HB 360 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Galloway"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-18T14:52:16+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:20:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42bd114a-c392-4988-a456-b7f99ba2a10b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1316"
source_hash: "ccabdc41f48c5eee7deffd566c4f9cc07f4a277488731b57cf95e1edbf279b48"
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 360 (2023) — Revise election of county commissioners

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0360.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7830)
2. **HB0360.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7829)
3. **HB0360.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7828)
4. **HB0360_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7833)
5. **HB0360_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7831)
6. **HB0360_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7832)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **64–34** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **9–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **64–36** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steven Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:20:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:35:47+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-23T18:58:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T18:57:59+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:16:28+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T02:28:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-18T22:02:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T17:49:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-07T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T14:47:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T16:31:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T02:31:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-02T02:05:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:49:26+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-24T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T15:42:03+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-10T21:59:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-02-09T22:00:24+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-31T16:07:45+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-30T20:14:39+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30T18:07:16+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-28T20:52:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-26T15:11:35+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-23T19:24:06+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-23T17:29:57+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-23T17:29:53+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-23T17:00:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-23T16:30:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-23T16:10:56+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-23T16:10:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-22T16:12:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-22T04:04:13+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-18T19:41:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-17T18:01:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-30T18:32:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-18T14:52:16+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/42bd114a-c392-4988-a456-b7f99ba2a10b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).