---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to aging services"
description: "Revise laws related to aging services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "Montana SB 45 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Aging and Senior Citizens (same as: Senior Citizens)", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy McKamey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-31T17:05:21+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-23T21:49:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfe0f14e-ced2-4bce-abe5-1ec266f90ce2"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0265"
source_hash: "b13df6213b837eaf8b94ec01d349e4c68ffe491ed7af3da2c6f17036dd0f8560"
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 45 (2023) — Revise laws related to aging services

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0045.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3208)
2. **SB0045.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3209)
3. **SB0045001CWS17720.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10706)
4. **SB0045001SCS20545.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10705)
5. **SB0045_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1934)
6. **SB0045_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1935)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **5–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy McKamey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-23T21:49:12+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-02-23T20:19:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-17T16:18:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-16T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-16T21:25:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-16T18:27:34+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-16T18:27:33+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-08T14:11:52+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-08T13:58:55+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-02-06T21:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:01+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-01T22:42:21+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T00:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-25T00:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-24T22:00:13+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T20:23:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-17T18:32:33+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T21:17:53+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-12T20:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-11T20:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:44:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T19:44:40+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-09T17:01:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T19:56:02+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:21:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T23:19:16+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-08T22:25:39+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-11-30T20:15:33+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T20:27:46+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-29T17:20:29+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T17:20:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-28T19:50:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-25T22:29:43+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-22T21:45:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-22T21:24:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-31T17:05:21+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/cfe0f14e-ced2-4bce-abe5-1ec266f90ce2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).