---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminating youth court fees, costs, and certain fines and financial obligations"
description: "Eliminating youth court fees, costs, and certain fines and financial obligations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 500"
citation: "Montana HB 500 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Minors (see also: Family Law)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Seekins-Crowe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 65
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-07-26T17:40:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T16:56:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9257c6dd-634b-4e7a-964d-e3f613684505"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0069"
source_hash: "9e1bc88b57a236a2722d92faddf213843d780853a6455d52e492be6535ee87cf"
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 500 (2023) — Eliminating youth court fees, costs, and certain fines and financial obligations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0500.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8329)
2. **HB0500.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8328)
3. **HB0500_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8333)
4. **HB0500_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8334)
5. **HB0500_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8335)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **85–13** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **14–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kerri Seekins-Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T16:56:40+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:59:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T00:18:18+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T00:18:17+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T02:08:36+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-18T02:08:28+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-04-17T15:27:32+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T22:18:35+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-13T20:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T17:00:56+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-12T20:36:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-21T19:22:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21T18:58:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21T14:17:06+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-20T19:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T20:01:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:16+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T20:04:58+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-10T23:43:11+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-03-10T15:33:44+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-03T04:43:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T20:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T23:40:16+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-28T22:58:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T13:53:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-02-24T00:57:30+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-21T18:21:00+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-02-21T17:53:13+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-21T15:00:36+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T01:15:48+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-20T15:22:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-14T20:15:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T15:51:15+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-13T19:37:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-13T17:12:51+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-12T23:18:20+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-09T18:41:57+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-07T00:35:50+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-06T15:32:24+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-06T15:32:20+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-06T15:29:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-06T15:03:02+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-05T22:35:08+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-05T22:35:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-05T21:59:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-03T15:44:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-01T16:33:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-31T21:31:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-31T21:05:12+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-31T19:47:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-25T20:20:46+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-09-20T20:13:13+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-07-26T17:40:06+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/9257c6dd-634b-4e7a-964d-e3f613684505`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).