---
type: "Bill"
title: "Creating a memorial honoring organ donors on the capitol complex"
description: "Creating a memorial honoring organ donors on the capitol complex"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 585"
citation: "Montana HB 585 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marvin Weatherwax"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-14T17:31:52+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T23:19:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9dbec677-ca7a-4f47-8210-fd07ecfa7989"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4512"
source_hash: "627c0be477cc3b9e7f2a7cf45e705eb5ae8d97ef5d5067df479dcbfd32ac26de"
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 585 (2023) — Creating a memorial honoring organ donors on the capitol complex

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0585_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9103)
2. **HB0585_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9102)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **26–24** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **25–24** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **83–17** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **68–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marvin Weatherwax — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T23:19:26+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-20T16:33:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-06T20:40:05+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-06T20:39:18+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T23:04:13+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T21:31:57+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-03T17:02:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T20:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T15:11:21+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:12+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:19:55+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:21:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T19:03:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:31:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T19:00:12+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-16T20:31:47+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:55:04+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T05:11:43+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T01:51:08+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T17:47:57+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-23T19:08:23+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-20T23:33:00+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-20T23:32:55+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-20T20:54:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-20T17:53:24+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-20T17:23:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-20T17:23:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-20T00:48:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-19T23:44:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-16T18:31:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-16T18:00:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-14T17:31:52+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/9dbec677-ca7a-4f47-8210-fd07ecfa7989`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).