---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to Montana national guard duty status"
description: "Generally revise laws related to Montana national guard duty status"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "Montana SB 40 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-24T20:06:51+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T19:46:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d739e238-64e7-4819-b77b-d2417fc2b798"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0252"
source_hash: "99b30c49dac148a2b8c16606bd8f56d94b4e3c7c4522fc6c09b3598caad34a50"
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 40 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to Montana national guard duty status

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0040_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1924)
2. **SB0040_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1923)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T19:46:29+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-02-16T20:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10T22:47:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-10T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-10T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:21:19+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-08T20:15:05+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-08T20:15:04+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T19:43:17+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T14:11:24+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-02-03T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T21:43:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-26T17:58:06+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-25T17:00:33+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T20:09:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18T18:23:33+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T21:22:50+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-13T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T02:43:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:07+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T19:53:49+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-28T23:56:53+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T23:20:08+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-08T22:12:27+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-06T22:38:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-05T23:08:53+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-05T21:48:01+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-05T21:48:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-05T20:29:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-04T23:21:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-02T19:43:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-28T22:39:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-24T20:06:51+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/d739e238-64e7-4819-b77b-d2417fc2b798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).