---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise lottery laws relating to the board of horseracing"
description: "Revise lottery laws relating to the board of horseracing"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 535"
citation: "Montana SB 535 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Lynch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 57
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-10-17T21:17:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T21:39:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97d6e5e1-6b3e-4b2c-a87b-7a144b4123b1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0763"
source_hash: "553e487caa57a15da113c2113faefe28b6948f0d0d7c9f1e15b70f081d62f1b9"
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 535 (2023) — Revise lottery laws relating to the board of horseracing

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0535_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13362)
2. **SB0535_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=13361)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **16–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **93–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **15–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T21:39:30+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T19:14:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T22:30:00+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`
- **2023-05-02T20:31:21+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T20:31:20+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-29T16:09:32+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T23:38:12+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-28T19:49:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:08:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T15:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-24T23:15:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24T22:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-20T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T20:11:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-05T19:25:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04T22:28:21+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-04-04T20:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T23:51:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T18:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-03T17:14:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T16:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T13:20:42+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-31T13:20:36+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-03-30T21:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T13:20:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-24T14:52:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T19:19:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23T18:54:42+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-23T18:13:26+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-23T17:23:25+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-03-23T17:23:24+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-03-23T15:40:25+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-03-15T15:29:57+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-15T14:58:47+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-15T14:58:36+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-15T11:58:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-15T01:40:26+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-03-14T18:16:07+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-14T18:16:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-14T17:03:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-03-14T16:59:14+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-03-14T04:26:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-03-13T19:40:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-03-10T22:21:38+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-10-17T21:17:10+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/97d6e5e1-6b3e-4b2c-a87b-7a144b4123b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).