---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove contracts under MT Community Service Act from the MT Procurement Act"
description: "Remove contracts under MT Community Service Act from the MT Procurement Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 573"
citation: "Montana HB 573 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts (see also: Contracts)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua Kassmier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-19T14:20:41+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-27T18:10:15+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5960d22c-9357-4a8e-ab95-53772d721b5a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4552"
source_hash: "bb4f24b8da49f6c964d491d89f056b4256cb5250e514a034084f2b7c487eb43f"
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 573 (2023) — Remove contracts under MT Community Service Act from the MT Procurement Act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0573_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8998)
2. **HB0573_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8999)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **64–36** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **66–33** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **32–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Joshua Kassmier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-27T18:10:15+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T15:57:00+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`
- **2023-04-17T17:09:13+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:09:12+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:31:12+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T21:48:17+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-11T19:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T20:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-16T20:02:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T14:19:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:51+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:19:34+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:17:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T18:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T18:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T15:00:52+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:31:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:52:36+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-15T19:58:36+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-15T19:28:11+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T22:04:25+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T18:18:47+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T16:07:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-13T16:07:16+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T12:43:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-13T00:32:32+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-11T18:00:07+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-11T18:00:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-10T23:12:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-10T03:39:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-08T16:41:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-08T16:35:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-06T18:10:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-19T14:20:41+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/5960d22c-9357-4a8e-ab95-53772d721b5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).