---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise interim and statutory committee membership"
description: "Revise interim and statutory committee membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 176"
citation: "Montana SB 176 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 61
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-10-25T17:34:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:35:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93c65977-f1f9-49ae-8893-6a2508a9c49f"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0825"
source_hash: "72f927356eb4ae6b474db9bcd1b895592abdc3d66d5428c8f567fb668ff05911"
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 176 (2023) — Revise interim and statutory committee membership

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0176.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4815)
2. **SB0176.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12187)
3. **SB0176.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4818)
4. **SB0176.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4816)
5. **SB0176.002.002.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12186)
6. **SB0176.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4817)
7. **SB0176.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4819)
8. **SB0176001SCS12595.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4796)
9. **SB0176_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4776)
10. **SB0176_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4777)
11. **SB0176_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4778)
12. **SB0176_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4775)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended — **66–34** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–6** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **67–31** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **89–11** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **74–26** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **31–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:35:21+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T16:07:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T15:15:01+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-01T15:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-21T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T23:11:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T23:11:12+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T12:37:12+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-28T21:40:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T21:39:03+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-03-23T20:26:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T20:27:31+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-21T20:12:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:45:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:23:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T20:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:17:10+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:47:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T21:41:22+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-13T21:27:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10T20:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T20:10:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-02-08T15:28:08+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-07T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03T17:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T22:00:23+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-30T17:32:44+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-23T16:50:48+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-23T15:16:32+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-01-23T15:16:24+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-16T20:16:08+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:37:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T22:52:51+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-13T21:08:35+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-13T21:06:22+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-13T21:06:21+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-13T21:01:13+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-12T18:28:14+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-12T15:15:04+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-12T15:14:55+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-11T23:27:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-11T23:27:16+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-02T19:17:08+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T19:17:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-02T00:34:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-02T00:05:32+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-01T16:18:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-31T20:57:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-31T19:35:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-30T14:51:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-16T14:57:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-13T22:29:27+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-25T17:34:53+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/93c65977-f1f9-49ae-8893-6a2508a9c49f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).