---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to officials commissioned by the governor"
description: "Revise laws related to officials commissioned by the governor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 529"
citation: "Montana HB 529 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tony Brockman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-08T22:20:33+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T17:58:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adc5b74c-fb4e-4071-a8e3-7dcf5570da53"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3461"
source_hash: "c450d8d04ed2176cf022502b1bb5adec26bb7af0135d74f37990f50de9c68f2a"
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 529 (2023) — Revise laws related to officials commissioned by the governor

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0529_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8529)
2. **HB0529_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8530)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tony Brockman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T17:58:35+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T23:12:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-21T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T22:42:47+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T22:42:46+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:39:56+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T22:15:03+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-14T19:38:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T21:23:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T17:15:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T17:15:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T14:04:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T16:43:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-02T03:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-02T02:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T22:57:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:53:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T16:00:04+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-15T20:19:21+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15T19:27:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T17:51:06+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T16:27:14+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T00:15:57+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T18:15:02+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-12T20:54:07+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-12T20:54:03+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-12T14:30:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-12T01:24:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-10T20:03:43+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-10T20:03:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-10T18:35:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-10T18:34:08+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-08T17:21:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-07T15:21:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-07T01:02:08+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-08T22:20:33+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/adc5b74c-fb4e-4071-a8e3-7dcf5570da53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).