---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow state-chartered banks to own employee housing"
description: "Allow state-chartered banks to own employee housing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 371"
citation: "Montana HB 371 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Institutions (see also: Credit Transactions)", "Housing"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Walsh"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-24T20:43:02+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T19:31:54+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d98ccd0-03a3-44dd-92dc-3cb199f33ce4"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0815"
source_hash: "95a313948e4857a19ac6e4093e24ce314dbf79569c70541084e20db93c1820c1"
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 371 (2023) — Allow state-chartered banks to own employee housing

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0371_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7923)
2. **HB0371_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7924)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **84–16** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **81–16** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **36–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T19:31:54+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T00:37:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T17:01:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-19T18:18:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-15T01:02:27+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-14T14:34:54+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T22:51:40+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T21:16:31+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-05T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:32:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T17:41:07+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T20:05:16+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T21:57:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-17T21:05:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T21:13:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15T22:11:27+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T22:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T15:30:42+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-01T16:28:24+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-31T20:08:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31T19:04:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T16:14:17+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-30T19:10:57+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-27T17:59:24+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-27T15:58:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-27T15:58:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-26T21:01:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-26T16:38:02+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-26T16:09:48+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-26T16:09:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-26T02:27:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-26T01:46:11+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-23T15:43:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-23T14:34:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-24T20:43:02+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/2d98ccd0-03a3-44dd-92dc-3cb199f33ce4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).