---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise electronic monitoring and victim notification laws"
description: "Generally revise electronic monitoring and victim notification laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 790"
citation: "Montana HB 790 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Family Law (see also: Minors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Courtenay Sprunger"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-01T16:13:02+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:29:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7fd7ec22-a01c-4772-bc12-267b8b5eafac"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1916"
source_hash: "e841fa2213777f47595a57db304bfbdce303999bc875e30121c5ed0472b0e030"
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 790 (2023) — Generally revise electronic monitoring and victim notification laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0790_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11063)
2. **HB0790_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11062)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Courtenay Sprunger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:29:26+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:40:15+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`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17T17:24:53+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:24:52+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T16:04:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T15:25:44+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-12T20:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T22:30:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T20:45:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T20:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-06T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T14:00:38+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:03+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:35:58+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T17:19:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T23:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T22:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T14:00:07+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-23T19:27:10+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23T18:39:26+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T04:50:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-23T03:16:56+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-21T19:10:34+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-18T22:41:42+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-18T18:09:40+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-18T18:09:37+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-18T16:09:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-18T01:03:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-17T16:33:05+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T16:33:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-17T03:35:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-17T02:40:41+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-15T19:39:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-15T19:36:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-01T16:13:02+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/7fd7ec22-a01c-4772-bc12-267b8b5eafac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).