---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise liability laws related to armed forces and national guard"
description: "Generally revise liability laws related to armed forces and national guard"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 63"
citation: "Montana HB 63 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scot Kerns"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2022-08-24T19:58:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T15:22:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9adbe2ce-a8d2-4c02-8be4-b52cdcd3228a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0247"
source_hash: "27a0581ae7a6a3e1933336e1e201da17b20ee2611841228fb200fa24a054cd9a"
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 63 (2023) — Generally revise liability laws related to armed forces and national guard

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0063.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2129)
2. **HB0063.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2130)
3. **HB0063_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2131)
4. **HB0063_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2132)
5. **HB0063_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2133)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed — **20–30** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Scot Kerns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T15:22:11+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T01:02:00+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`
- **2023-04-19T00:08:41+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19T00:08:40+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T15:19:37+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T21:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:31:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T16:16:26+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-06T20:45:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:01+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-31T17:22:10+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-29T14:26:56+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-23T20:56:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T20:15:00+00:00** (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:24:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:23:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed `failure, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:32+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T22:21:43+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T19:07:24+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T19:02:37+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-11T20:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:31:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T23:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T22:53:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T15:00:09+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:36:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:20:07+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:51:04+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-09T21:06:22+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-02T20:07:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-02T16:00:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-01T16:38:56+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-01T16:38:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-01T16:32:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-01T14:14:40+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-01T14:14:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-26T16:31:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-26T14:51:37+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-25T18:00:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-20T21:24:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-17T19:16:54+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-24T19:58:00+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/9adbe2ce-a8d2-4c02-8be4-b52cdcd3228a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).