---
type: "Bill"
title: "An act providing for an annual fee on electric vehicles registered in the state"
description: "An act providing for an annual fee on electric vehicles registered in the state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 60"
citation: "Montana HB 60 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Revenue", "State", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley Loge"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 56
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-09-26T14:46:39+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T22:00:27+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03604220-add8-4a15-a4ec-d83aa40cac99"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0504"
source_hash: "73451fac392b3a601b8aa5d803fadb2a501cb3061ae21315e0d03f55d65fe2b7"
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 60 (2023) — An act providing for an annual fee on electric vehicles registered in the state

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0060_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2099)
2. **HB0060_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2100)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **92–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Denley Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T22:00:27+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T15:21:00+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`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T21:03:23+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T21:03:22+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:42:12+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:26:52+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-23T20:20:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-17T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-16T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-15T15:30:12+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T20:32:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T20:31:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T22:42:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-25T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24T00:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T22:00:37+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T22:21:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T20:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T23:50:39+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-04T15:13:22+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-03T18:36:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T20:35:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:24:45+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-20T15:09:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T20:47:21+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T19:15:49+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-08T23:24:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-08T23:24:18+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-16T18:38:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-16T15:33:41+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-16T15:33:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-16T03:26:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-10T22:38:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-10T13:07:57+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-09T20:18:33+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-09T20:18:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-24T21:02:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-20T16:52:02+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-12T23:08:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-09-29T15:58:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-26T14:46:39+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/03604220-add8-4a15-a4ec-d83aa40cac99`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).