---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cultural and aesthetic grants"
description: "Cultural and aesthetic grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Montana HB 9 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Arts and Antiquities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-07-14T16:09:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:06:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ae45924-95d9-469f-a4b3-6a089a5e70e9"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0009"
source_hash: "a3bf94e8ae716c610017db0ea29f8a7fb50599f770ce8605814838e7d96bf008"
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 9 (2023) — Cultural and aesthetic grants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0009.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2990)
2. **HB0009.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2991)
3. **HB0009.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2992)
4. **HB0009_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2993)
5. **HB0009_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2994)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **37–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:06:03+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:15:37+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`
- **2023-04-28T19:26:40+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28T19:26:39+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-25T16:59:35+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T23:40:58+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-21T19:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:29:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-31T20:17:30+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31T13:39:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T21:38:16+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-30T20:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T20:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:33:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:56+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-10T02:57:45+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-01T16:22:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:19:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:18:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:35:36+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T20:24:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-29T17:14:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-22T22:01:41+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-22T17:39:01+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-22T17:39:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-22T16:06:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-18T23:28:35+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-18T17:57:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-16T22:18:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-07-14T16:09:19+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/1ae45924-95d9-469f-a4b3-6a089a5e70e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).