---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bill for gun owners access to justice act"
description: "Bill for gun owners access to justice act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 631"
citation: "Montana HB 631 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Guns and Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jedediah Hinkle"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-10T14:45:09+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T17:08:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0f9e508-39fc-44ad-9a89-11c1bb563c49"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1047"
source_hash: "a9e4c2c0c80540cbf7d77c33d3e391580da78a8b15eebb0df814cd224f4a0730"
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 631 (2023) — Bill for gun owners access to justice act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0631.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9483)
2. **HB0631.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9484)
3. **HB0631001SCH16504.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9485)
4. **HB0631_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9488)
5. **HB0631_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9486)
6. **HB0631_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9487)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **60–40** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **33–12** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **67–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jedediah Hinkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T17:08:30+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:22:06+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-28T18:55:25+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28T18:55:24+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T01:37:16+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T22:10:57+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-15T01:46:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T20:07:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:10:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-30T22:27:54+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-14T15:15:25+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:21+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:20:25+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:26:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T22:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T23:43:32+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-27T23:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-26T19:34:11+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-23T14:00:13+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T21:13:53+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T17:50:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17T15:56:05+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T15:39:26+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-15T17:07:41+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-04T21:38:06+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T20:26:56+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-03T20:26:51+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T19:59:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-03T18:03:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-03T16:40:51+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T16:40:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-03T00:58:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-01T21:22:52+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-29T21:22:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-19T23:55:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-18T21:39:51+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-18T20:27:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-17T00:29:22+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-16T23:54:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-10T14:45:09+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/e0f9e508-39fc-44ad-9a89-11c1bb563c49`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).