---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise the Montana Information Technology Act"
description: "Generally revise the Montana Information Technology Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "Montana HB 47 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Information Technology (see also: Communications)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Dooling"]
version_count: 15
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-08-22T20:25:04+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:42:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1024d7a7-5938-43b0-967d-970649f7f8b1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0219"
source_hash: "5f6cdfc13bb81c93bfe6548d5693d34d3e575d3490c9eff58e66d3139b09063b"
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 47 (2023) — Generally revise the Montana Information Technology Act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0047.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2898)
2. **HB0047.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2899)
3. **HB0047.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2900)
4. **HB0047.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2901)
5. **HB0047.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2902)
6. **HB0047.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2903)
7. **HB0047.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2904)
8. **HB0047.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2905)
9. **HB0047.002.005_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2906)
10. **HB0047.002.005_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2907)
11. **HB0047_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2910)
12. **HB0047_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2911)
13. **HB0047_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2912)
14. **HB0047_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2913)
15. **HB47.2.2-emails.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2908)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **71–27** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **69–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Dooling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:42:21+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T22:51:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:08:40+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T22:08:39+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:35:33+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T00:44:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:55:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T16:16:24+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-06T20:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:10:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T19:39:37+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-24T19:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-21T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-02-21T22:00:55+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T20:31:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T20:21:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T22:42:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-25T21:13:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:52:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T18:53:50+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-19T22:02:53+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T20:27:33+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T02:43:52+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-10T16:00:29+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-04T15:16:56+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-03T21:50:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T20:27:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:16:10+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-20T15:05:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T20:42:56+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T19:14:54+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-08T22:57:01+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-08T22:57:00+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-06T22:39:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-06T17:37:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-06T16:57:03+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-06T16:57:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-05T20:26:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-23T15:07:24+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-15T17:13:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-15T14:51:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-07T18:20:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-22T20:25:04+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/1024d7a7-5938-43b0-967d-970649f7f8b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).