---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renaming certain senate offices"
description: "Renaming certain senate offices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 414"
citation: "Montana SB 414 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Ellsworth"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-13T22:43:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-02T15:42:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4178a777-33e1-41f8-a7fb-4a8ba2f4b730"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4605"
source_hash: "d3080d7af32e6244796a634f4ed86ec9a1abb77c8c1cb9351be577d422652954"
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 414 (2023) — Renaming certain senate offices

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0414_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8810)
2. **SB0414_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8809)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Ellsworth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02T15:42:24+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-01T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T16:41:58+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:41:57+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T20:25:29+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:38:39+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-13T22:24:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T17:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-24T19:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T18:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:51:52+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:47:46+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-25T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-22T20:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T20:03:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-20T20:49:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-20T20:08:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-20T18:50:58+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-20T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T18:25:09+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-17T18:57:21+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-17T18:19:05+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-17T18:19:01+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-17T18:16:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-17T18:16:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-17T18:05:23+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T18:05:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-17T17:58:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-17T17:46:03+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-17T17:17:10+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-17T17:08:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-17T13:57:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-13T22:43:12+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/4178a777-33e1-41f8-a7fb-4a8ba2f4b730`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).