---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require certain govt boards to provide audio/video recordings of public meetings"
description: "Require certain govt boards to provide audio/video recordings of public meetings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 890"
citation: "Montana HB 890 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barker"]
version_count: 14
action_count: 59
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-04T00:47:01+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T19:51:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bc94e20a-27c8-4446-9ac5-a94c5ee7468f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2801"
source_hash: "eff9d31bc723e0b2a5a3ab23f4a56194cba778cd480a129b00689987ffa4ad5b"
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 890 (2023) — Require certain govt boards to provide audio/video recordings of public meetings

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0890.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20295)
2. **HB0890.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20290)
3. **HB0890.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20291)
4. **HB0890.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20296)
5. **HB0890.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20292)
6. **HB0890.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20294)
7. **HB0890.002.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20297)
8. **HB0890.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20293)
9. **HB0890.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20299)
10. **HB0890001SCH20712.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20298)
11. **HB0890_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20302)
12. **HB0890_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20305)
13. **HB0890_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20303)
14. **HB0890_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20304)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **84–15** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **79–18** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **81–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brad Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T19:51:03+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T17:36:00+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`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-11T21:04:02+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11T21:03:36+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T20:35:21+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T02:28:00+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`
- **2023-05-02T14:37:00+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`
- **2023-04-28T22:03:04+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-27T19:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:36:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T15:45:41+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-24T15:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-22T00:07:42+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-21T18:08:11+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-04-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-21T13:41:33+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-17T13:03:45+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-04T23:17:48+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T19:36:21+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T14:11:08+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-04T01:55:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T23:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T18:04:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-31T17:48:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-03-31T00:36:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-29T20:50:19+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-29T19:32:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-28T14:11:55+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-25T14:29:49+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-24T21:08:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T20:53:43+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-23T20:14:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-23T20:12:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-03-23T20:12:18+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-03-20T22:49:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-20T21:37:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-20T21:37:02+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-20T19:39:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-20T16:57:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-03-18T01:21:51+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-18T01:21:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-17T20:37:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-03-17T15:06:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-03-15T15:09:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-03-14T17:46:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-03-10T23:15:16+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-22T20:55:41+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2023-02-07T19:05:34+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-04T00:47:01+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/bc94e20a-27c8-4446-9ac5-a94c5ee7468f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).