---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reclamation and development grants"
description: "Reclamation and development grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Montana HB 7 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Environmental Protection", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-07-14T16:03:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:06:34+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ef728bb-6024-4940-978e-93afa8e7377c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0007"
source_hash: "fbb201be0a8c75514d5e60ca19ebf5da807087bb3eedc02c98c62aafdbf87c33"
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 7 (2023) — Reclamation and development grants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0007_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2967)
2. **HB0007_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2968)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:06:34+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:15:14+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`
- **2023-05-04T19:59:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-28T19:29:31+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28T19:29:30+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-25T16:59:27+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T23:40:56+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-21T19:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:29:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-31T20:17:27+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31T13:39:02+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T21:38:11+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-30T20:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T20:13:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:24:35+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T20:01:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T14:00:40+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-01T16:21:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-25T21:28:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-01-24T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:19:23+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:18:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:34:43+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T20:22:57+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T16:59:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T16:57:23+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-28T22:10:38+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T22:10:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-26T18:34:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-25T19:30:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-21T20:41:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-21T19:22:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-07-14T16:03:11+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/0ef728bb-6024-4940-978e-93afa8e7377c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).