---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise corporation laws regarding tribal entities"
description: "Generally revise corporation laws regarding tribal entities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 477"
citation: "Montana HB 477 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations/Partnerships/Associations", "Indians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Stewart Peregoy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-01-13T12:38:08+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:49:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9a1fac0-cc7a-47dd-852e-21a91c032ef3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4470"
source_hash: "279b9a0b67f0aa9502a8f9ccaff76b7e8fc8b2beaa04bbdd89aee6aa69062736"
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 477 (2023) — Generally revise corporation laws regarding tribal entities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0477.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10158)
2. **HB0477.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10160)
3. **HB0477001SCH12595.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10159)
4. **HB0477_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10162)
5. **HB0477_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10163)
6. **HB0477_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10161)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **80–19** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **79–20** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **80–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Stewart Peregoy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:49:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:57:24+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-01T17:02:52+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T17:01:17+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T21:17:01+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T19:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T20:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T22:14:55+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-14T19:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T21:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T20:44:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-07T19:05:55+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-04T13:39:12+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-31T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T14:15:05+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:38+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:18:49+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T15:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T22:00:26+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-13T20:17:33+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-13T17:42:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T16:33:50+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-10T02:15:10+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-09T16:48:04+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-03T17:10:40+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-02T18:28:50+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-02T18:28:46+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-02T12:24:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-01T21:52:30+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-01T16:46:40+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-01T16:46:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-01T04:07:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-01T04:04:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-29T03:57:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-26T19:47:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-24T21:17:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-20T16:46:28+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-17T15:30:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-16T02:03:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-13T12:38:08+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/d9a1fac0-cc7a-47dd-852e-21a91c032ef3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).