---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adopt most recent federal military codes and regulations"
description: "Adopt most recent federal military codes and regulations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 80"
citation: "Montana HB 80 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Nikolakakos"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-24T19:41:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:30:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/82b586eb-9845-4cb0-8a5f-9968dd9878e8"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0243"
source_hash: "772fdad8a6863693769edfbfd837b8f7209517869a69c1c60f71a72a3755cd4f"
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 80 (2023) — Adopt most recent federal military codes and regulations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0080.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2255)
2. **HB0080_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2256)
3. **HB0080_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2257)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Nikolakakos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T20:30:48+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:13:00+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`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:20:05+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T19:20:04+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T21:34:36+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T21:22:24+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-21T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T20:02:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T18:10:26+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-13T21:00:41+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T17:40:31+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T20:41:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-19T22:01:26+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-19T21:51:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-18T20:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-16T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16T20:05:30+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T16:00:18+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:47:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:23:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:56:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T19:44:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-02T20:06:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-02T16:01:37+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-01T18:18:05+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-01T18:18:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-01T13:52:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-28T14:46:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-26T13:34:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-20T20:54:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-17T17:26:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-24T19:41:14+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/82b586eb-9845-4cb0-8a5f-9968dd9878e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).