---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to public safety officer appointing authorities"
description: "Revise laws related to public safety officer appointing authorities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Montana HB 77 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Safety (see also: Health)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Galloway"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-16T19:44:02+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T20:20:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63e2cf0c-593f-42f9-924a-d2bdef789747"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0193"
source_hash: "0551d4490ed4f67faaec285f53f00d681446b71d2e16c3456a8b934951fcaa4b"
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 77 (2023) — Revise laws related to public safety officer appointing authorities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0077.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2205)
2. **HB0077.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2206)
3. **HB0077_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2207)
4. **HB0077_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2208)
5. **HB0077_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2209)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T20:20:52+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-02-16T23:59:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-10T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-09T23:03:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:26:06+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-08T20:26:05+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:14:23+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:11:11+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-03T21:20:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T21:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:25:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-18T21:36:20+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-18T16:00:50+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T22:22:11+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T19:08:17+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T19:02:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-11T20:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T20:59:27+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-06T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T15:48:47+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-04T20:26:42+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-04T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:44:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:22:32+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:55:50+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T19:42:59+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-02T22:16:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-02T20:09:05+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-01T19:37:12+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-01T19:37:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-30T18:05:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-27T00:26:41+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-22T22:05:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-21T22:12:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-16T19:44:02+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/63e2cf0c-593f-42f9-924a-d2bdef789747`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).