---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise cigar tax based on a fixed amount per cigar"
description: "Revise cigar tax based on a fixed amount per cigar"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 122"
citation: "Montana SB 122 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cigarettes and Tobacco", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 63
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-09-14T16:26:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T21:00:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6446d44e-3155-45cc-9901-72176a75d2b9"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0296"
source_hash: "0b0012f34f4c49be1a4b75f8aa97fd6defd521c541128f1276b9fc5bc6e418f2"
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 SB 122 (2023) — Revise cigar tax based on a fixed amount per cigar

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0122.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3878)
2. **SB0122.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3877)
3. **SB0122.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3874)
4. **SB0122.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3879)
5. **SB0122.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3880)
6. **SB0122.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3882)
7. **SB0122.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3876)
8. **SB0122.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3881)
9. **SB0122.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3875)
10. **SB0122001SCS15239.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10810)
11. **SB0122_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3051)
12. **SB0122_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3052)
13. **SB0122_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3053)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **8–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **16–7** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **70–28** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–9** (pass) · lower
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **14–9** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **68–31** (pass) · lower
- (H) Taken from Table in Committee — **16–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T21:00:09+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-01T19:44:32+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T19:44:31+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T19:36:58+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T20:39:25+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-24T19:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-20T21:29:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-04-19T22:28:00+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-04-19T22:01:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-19T20:50:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-19T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T00:31:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T20:10:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05T19:18:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T21:32:21+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-04-03T16:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-29T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-28T23:22:47+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-28T23:22:37+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-03-28T23:22:27+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-27T21:37:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T23:22:19+00:00** (S) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-23T19:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:21+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-22T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T20:09:12+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-18T15:00:28+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T21:36:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-12T22:02:37+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-11T17:21:50+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-04T22:57:41+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-04T22:52:57+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-04T22:05:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-04T22:04:25+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-04T15:09:20+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-28T18:16:32+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-21T17:02:04+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-21T17:01:56+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-11-15T14:04:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-14T23:19:55+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-11T22:47:11+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-11T22:47:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-13T17:00:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-13T14:21:28+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-11T15:40:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-07T18:21:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-14T16:26:56+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/6446d44e-3155-45cc-9901-72176a75d2b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).