---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish a Montana veterans hall of fame"
description: "Establish a Montana veterans hall of fame"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 663"
citation: "Montana HB 663 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scot Kerns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-29T21:44:20+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T23:20:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1430745f-6ec1-46b3-b8b5-b7fb2de94b2e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1672"
source_hash: "1c3dc2d581de7f7bb162ee4e7556a23a80bb87e2d9a6232961f9752cb1e6158c"
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 663 (2023) — Establish a Montana veterans hall of fame

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0663_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9717)
2. **HB0663_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9718)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **92–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **89–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scot Kerns — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T23:20:34+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-20T16:35:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-06T20:48:37+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-06T20:47:53+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T23:05:03+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T21:32:05+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-03T17:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T20:48:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T22:37:55+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:28+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:20:49+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:31:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T20:06:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T17:33:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-24T15:00:50+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T23:01:32+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T18:10:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-18T23:39:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-18T01:30:05+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-17T19:20:03+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-16T22:05:33+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T21:21:24+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-16T21:21:14+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T18:04:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-16T14:19:18+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-15T20:20:12+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-15T20:20:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-15T19:35:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-14T20:03:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-11T20:55:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-10T03:23:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-10T02:41:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-08T03:04:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-29T21:44:20+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/1430745f-6ec1-46b3-b8b5-b7fb2de94b2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).