---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the Montana wheat & barley checkoff program"
description: "Revise the Montana wheat & barley checkoff program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 738"
citation: "Montana HB 738 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 60
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2022-12-03T21:29:18+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T19:44:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1aa325be-8ac5-4155-92c1-54040d753a0f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2480"
source_hash: "51210eda897a385a3a5cd6f487ed5f2cbe2548bb296ce38bd153d262c8f890c9"
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 738 (2023) — Revise the Montana wheat & barley checkoff program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0738.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10627)
2. **HB0738.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10625)
3. **HB0738.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10626)
4. **HB0738_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10629)
5. **HB0738_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10631)
6. **HB0738_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10630)
7. **HB0738_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10628)

## Votes

- (H) Taken from 3rd Reading; Placed on 2nd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T19:44:47+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`
- **2023-05-09T15:12:56+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-05T19:53:38+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-05-03T21:28:44+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T02:34:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T00:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T17:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T23:44:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T23:15:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:38:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:02+00:00** (H) Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Conference Committee Report Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-20T22:33:00+00:00** (S) Conference Committee Appointed
- **2023-04-19T20:55:00+00:00** (H) Conference Committee Appointed
- **2023-04-18T00:02:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T20:31:00+00:00** (H) Taken from 3rd Reading; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:38:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T21:32:08+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-03T17:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T20:08:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:55:59+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-29T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-28T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-28T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-27T15:49:58+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-15T19:08:09+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-13T19:50:46+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:31+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:35:31+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T17:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T23:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T23:38:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-22T20:10:09+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22T19:35:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T04:49:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-22T01:42:56+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-20T20:05:57+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-19T23:12:32+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T19:38:53+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-19T19:38:50+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T18:46:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-19T18:30:10+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-18T23:23:54+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-18T23:23:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-18T22:21:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-18T04:17:39+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-16T20:37:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-16T18:03:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-15T17:32:52+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-16T18:35:45+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-03T21:29:18+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/1aa325be-8ac5-4155-92c1-54040d753a0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).