---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise local government acceptable uses of building permit fees"
description: "Revise local government acceptable uses of building permit fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 465"
citation: "Montana HB 465 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Buildings and Building Regulations", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Karlen"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-23T16:01:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T19:41:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9c1c64b-6594-4e8b-b24c-629c1a1f6435"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4261"
source_hash: "483c507b00aea9ec8fce64a6f9f1c30d13720131969f02b0f346c1dbb447d167"
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 465 (2023) — Revise local government acceptable uses of building permit fees

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0465.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10065)
2. **HB0465.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10066)
3. **HB0465001SCH20718.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10067)
4. **HB0465_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10069)
5. **HB0465_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10068)
6. **HB0465_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10070)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **68–31** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **72–28** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Karlen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T19:41:47+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T00:44:00+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`
- **2023-04-18T20:18:22+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T20:18:21+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T15:27:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T22:18:31+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-13T20:03:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T20:04:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T14:52:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T16:38:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T02:32:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-02T02:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T22:06:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T21:10:28+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-24T20:23:00+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`
- **2023-02-23T19:49:50+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-21T22:00:32+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-10T20:21:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-10T18:34:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T20:02:21+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-09T02:16:23+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-08T15:13:46+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-04T21:20:12+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T19:56:00+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-03T19:55:56+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T18:39:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-03T16:15:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-03T03:47:00+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T03:46:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-02T21:23:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-02T21:16:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-30T15:40:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-29T22:28:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-29T22:14:25+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-25T03:50:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-23T16:01:47+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/b9c1c64b-6594-4e8b-b24c-629c1a1f6435`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).