---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise unemployment insurance law relating to benefit duration"
description: "Revise unemployment insurance law relating to benefit duration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "Montana HB 652 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)", "Unemployment Insurance (see also: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Galloway"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 70
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2022-12-04T02:14:29+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T19:44:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1bc321c-fbd5-4ff1-ab0e-4d8aa4b7c2f3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2889"
source_hash: "2dfcd363494856236b5d61a29dc9e5d197a018cea93897cd98900b1b68b80638"
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 652 (2023) — Revise unemployment insurance law relating to benefit duration

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0652.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9654)
2. **HB0652.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9655)
3. **HB0652.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9653)
4. **HB0652.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9652)
5. **HB0652_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9658)
6. **HB0652_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9660)
7. **HB0652_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9659)
8. **HB0652_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9661)

## Votes

- (S) Tabled in Committee — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Taken from Table in Committee — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **65–31** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **27–23** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T19:44:01+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T17:29:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-05T20:43:59+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-05T17:11:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-05T14:01:04+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T18:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:49:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T22:02:56+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-27T19:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T20:44:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T20:43:01+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-25T20:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T18:56:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-21T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-20T02:29:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T00:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T17:08:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-18T16:36:59+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-04-17T21:24:15+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-17T15:34:40+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-04-14T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-14T18:47:26+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-13T15:30:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-13T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-04-10T17:15:12+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-04-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-21T19:25:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21T18:59:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21T14:17:16+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-20T19:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T20:02:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T21:00:55+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-03T04:46:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T17:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-28T23:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T23:17:30+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T15:20:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-28T14:00:53+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-27T22:14:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-27T22:14:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-21T22:37:35+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T17:59:09+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-18T23:33:54+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-18T00:51:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-18T00:50:38+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-18T00:50:37+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-02-17T18:30:20+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-16T19:38:36+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-15T23:27:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-15T23:27:54+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-15T20:24:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-15T20:17:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-15T19:12:44+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-15T19:12:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-15T15:13:57+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-14T20:42:16+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-12T06:27:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-10T15:30:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-09T15:49:00+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-04T02:14:29+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/b1bc321c-fbd5-4ff1-ab0e-4d8aa4b7c2f3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).