--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise discrimination law regarding realtors and other professionals" description: "Revise discrimination law regarding realtors and other professionals" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2023" identifier: "HB 443" citation: "Montana HB 443 (2023)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "Property", "Religion"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Seekins-Crowe"] version_count: 8 action_count: 48 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2022-12-03T22:30:48+00:00" last_action: "2023-05-04T17:55:49+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2e0cc71-6816-4b8a-9a7b-995e00eb86c8" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2544" source_hash: "6810591883a017a3176e8b658b3bccae6bf94f1ec339c2f03f1e2826939f7ce3" 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 443 (2023) — Revise discrimination law regarding realtors and other professionals ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0443.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12677) 2. **HB0443.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12676) 3. **HB0443.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12674) 4. **HB0443.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12679) 5. **HB0443001SCH19677.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12675) 6. **HB0443_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12680) 7. **HB0443_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12681) 8. **HB0443_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12678) ## Votes - (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **68–29** (pass) · lower - (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **32–16** (pass) · upper - (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **71–29** (pass) · lower - (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–6** (pass) · lower - (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **69–29** (pass) · lower - (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper - (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **7–3** (pass) · upper - (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **67–32** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Kerri Seekins-Crowe — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-05-04T17:55:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law` - **2023-05-03T21:12:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2023-04-26T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2023-04-24T20:38:36+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled` - **2023-04-24T20:38:35+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling - **2023-04-20T15:23:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling - **2023-04-19T19:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2023-04-18T19:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2` - **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2023-04-13T15:25:24+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments - **2023-04-12T19:51:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2023-04-11T22:26:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2023-04-11T20:45:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2023-04-07T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - **2023-04-07T19:00:16+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available - **2023-04-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - **2023-03-19T16:46:04+00:00** (C) Amendments Available - **2023-03-13T19:22:15+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-02-27T20:33:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2023-02-27T18:48:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate - **2023-02-24T23:16:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2023-02-23T21:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2023-02-17T20:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage` - **2023-02-17T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage` - **2023-02-16T15:00:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - **2023-02-09T20:20:06+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2023-02-09T19:13:39+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee` - **2023-02-07T23:13:08+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically - **2023-02-07T21:05:53+00:00** (H) Introduced - **2023-02-07T19:28:01+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2023-02-07T00:26:33+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2023-02-06T15:16:31+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review - **2023-02-06T15:16:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2023-02-04T19:39:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly - **2023-02-04T18:28:30+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review - **2023-02-03T18:42:57+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically - **2023-02-03T18:42:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2023-02-03T12:28:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2023-02-03T02:47:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review - **2023-01-31T23:38:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit - **2023-01-31T19:44:08+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review - **2023-01-29T23:27:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review - **2022-12-03T22:30:48+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/c2e0cc71-6816-4b8a-9a7b-995e00eb86c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).