---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise liability insurance laws relating to real estate professionals"
description: "Generally revise liability insurance laws relating to real estate professionals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 615"
citation: "Montana HB 615 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Professions and Occupations O-Z"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-03T21:30:30+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-24T18:16:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f91c00b2-e4da-48a7-ab13-d718fcc10b76"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2483"
source_hash: "7684b12355e9f133a47f27ed8834aff349506a10d477e5164a2e968d026ebedc"
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 615 (2023) — Generally revise liability insurance laws relating to real estate professionals

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0615_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9409)
2. **HB0615_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9410)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ross Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24T18:16:40+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-24T17:52:19+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18T15:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-18T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13T20:47:22+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-13T19:15:26+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T20:09:22+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T16:16:40+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-06T20:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:42:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-23T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T15:14:27+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:19+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:20:18+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:25:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:01:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T20:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T18:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22T15:00:34+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T20:52:48+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T17:46:12+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T15:16:44+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T15:10:03+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T23:37:53+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-14T16:31:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-14T16:31:53+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-14T13:30:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-14T02:05:02+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-13T20:38:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-13T20:38:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-13T16:32:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-10T18:22:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-08T17:07:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-08T00:46:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-03T21:30:30+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/f91c00b2-e4da-48a7-ab13-d718fcc10b76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).