---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise MEDIA Act reporting requirements"
description: "Revise MEDIA Act reporting requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 27"
citation: "Montana SB 27 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arts and Antiquities", "Corporation Tax (same as: Taxation--Corporations)", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Sales"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T15:14:33+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T20:53:56+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ce468eb-58bb-43eb-b28c-675a561e80ba"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0463"
source_hash: "30910006dddf160a7b9fe35fa6a32ddd11258a659ca2662032796793feee9b18"
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 27 (2023) — Revise MEDIA Act reporting requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0027_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1895)
2. **SB0027_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1894)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **80–19** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walt Sales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T20:53:56+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T18:20:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-02T17:37:14+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T14:16:00+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T13:32:30+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T18:40:41+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-20T19:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T20:03:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-11T15:11:05+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-11T14:15:34+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23T21:47:31+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-20T20:52:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T20:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T16:39:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T15:00:43+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-10T13:46:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-02T19:49:13+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-28T23:54:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T23:09:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2022-12-12T20:32:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-12T14:45:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-05T22:52:38+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-05T20:08:26+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-05T20:08:25+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-29T17:26:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-28T20:02:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-28T19:24:01+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T19:24:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-25T20:09:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-25T19:46:00+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-21T20:55:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-21T18:00:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-19T15:14:33+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/1ce468eb-58bb-43eb-b28c-675a561e80ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).