---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise local government public document retention"
description: "Revise local government public document retention"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 374"
citation: "Montana SB 374 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis Curdy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-03T19:29:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T21:27:59+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff947ae9-03a6-4d2c-b5d4-03f9c1987302"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2337"
source_hash: "a3d4083209d6d5c3d70411243447a9206ecd320fe1ceb478c18052c5f925e1a0"
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 374 (2023) — Revise local government public document retention

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0374.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7681)
2. **SB0374.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7682)
3. **SB0374001SCS16496.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7637)
4. **SB0374_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7607)
5. **SB0374_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7608)
6. **SB0374_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=7609)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **69–31** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Willis Curdy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T21:27:59+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T19:21:00+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`
- **2023-05-01T22:38:24+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T22:38:23+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T00:28:43+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T22:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T20:14:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T00:13:40+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-05T21:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T21:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:01+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T22:21:09+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-27T19:55:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-21T23:25:28+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:29+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:04:57+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:24:14+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-03T05:30:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T00:01:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T17:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T21:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T21:15:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T21:13:02+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-02-16T21:02:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-16T17:17:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T16:31:56+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T15:13:06+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T22:01:57+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-04T21:41:02+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T19:54:34+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-03T19:53:59+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-03T18:41:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-03T16:34:45+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-02T19:57:43+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-02T19:57:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-02T18:49:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-02T17:30:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-30T19:39:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-30T19:13:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-20T03:03:53+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-03T19:29:14+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/ff947ae9-03a6-4d2c-b5d4-03f9c1987302`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).