---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for capital projects"
description: "Provide for capital projects"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 817"
citation: "Montana HB 817 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 21
action_count: 50
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-28T00:26:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-06-05T15:04:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1549c8e-1a12-4c42-a194-99d26463f42a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4622"
source_hash: "994f4ad76fd70f8c263d9d1d84f52b560a751f68c104e3df6ef63cf97eca0f07"
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 817 (2023) — Provide for capital projects

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0817.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11307)
2. **HB0817.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11314)
3. **HB0817.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11304)
4. **HB0817.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11312)
5. **HB0817.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11305)
6. **HB0817.001.005_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11310)
7. **HB0817.001.005_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11308)
8. **HB0817.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11303)
9. **HB0817.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11311)
10. **HB0817.002.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11309)
11. **HB0817.002.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11306)
12. **HB0817.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11302)
13. **HB0817.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11315)
14. **HB0817.002.006_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11301)
15. **HB0817.002.006_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11313)
16. **HB0817001SCH.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11300)
17. **HB0817001SCH20735.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11299)
18. **HB0817_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11318)
19. **HB0817_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11316)
20. **HB0817_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11319)
21. **HB0817_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11317)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **22–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **91–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) Taken from Table in Committee — **11–6** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–9** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **70–29** (pass) · lower
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-06-05T15:04:21+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-06-05T14:31:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-26T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-23T17:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-11T20:59:06+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11T20:59:05+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T20:34:24+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T02:26:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T00:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T14:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T23:32:36+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-28T21:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T21:20:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T16:23:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-28T15:32:01+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-27T14:02:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-27T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-04-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-27T19:34:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-27T16:38:18+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24T21:52:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-24T19:52:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T20:18:10+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-20T19:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-15T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T21:00:29+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-12T17:39:21+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-01T16:55:30+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-01T15:30:56+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01T01:54:35+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-28T17:26:25+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-28T17:22:21+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-28T15:41:01+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-28T15:07:03+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-28T15:06:46+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-28T15:00:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-28T14:57:05+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-28T14:54:03+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-28T14:54:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-28T01:50:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-28T01:47:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-28T01:02:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-28T00:52:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-28T00:26:11+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/c1549c8e-1a12-4c42-a194-99d26463f42a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).