---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish a time limit for service of process"
description: "Establish a time limit for service of process"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 410"
citation: "Montana HB 410 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Ler"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-03T18:46:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T19:35:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df6714d-b86e-431c-8c5d-3f3f9bea70d5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2272"
source_hash: "b488da3698aa2ca4a5f820b3d4262ae16002a0a9d7e96a357b9b5d7a87aa8533"
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 410 (2023) — Establish a time limit for service of process

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0410.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12342)
2. **HB0410_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12343)
3. **HB0410_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12344)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **68–31** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Ler — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T19:35:13+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T00:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17T16:58:29+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T16:58:28+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T20:11:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T15:01:27+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-07T20:49:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:41:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-22T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T20:08:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T21:26:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-24T18:21:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-23T22:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T20:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14T15:00:20+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-07T20:16:38+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07T17:57:14+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-04T21:03:36+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-04T00:27:47+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-02T18:13:12+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-01T01:09:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-31T16:44:01+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-31T16:43:56+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T22:23:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-30T22:13:46+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-30T00:14:50+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-30T00:14:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-29T20:27:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-29T00:46:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-26T16:35:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-26T15:43:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-04T19:09:29+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-30T22:04:30+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-03T18:46:27+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/7df6714d-b86e-431c-8c5d-3f3f9bea70d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).