---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to Montana national guard benefits and rights"
description: "Generally revise laws related to Montana national guard benefits and rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 66"
citation: "Montana SB 66 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts (see also: Public Contracts)", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Fox"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-24T19:59:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-24T18:35:17+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/32daa690-5e67-4a7d-8b98-ec3e31962af0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0248"
source_hash: "f0b8b7f07c90ed0ff5bd65de4a4cae48f5d07032eb02ff7b66dad126b89bebb7"
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 66 (2023) — Generally revise laws related to Montana national guard benefits and rights

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0066_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1990)
2. **SB0066_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1991)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Fox — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24T18:35:17+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-24T15:53:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T21:45:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-07T17:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T22:06:27+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-04T23:26:01+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T18:07:41+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:52:12+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-24T19:56:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T20:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-21T16:00:59+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:22:07+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T19:45:43+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T21:41:16+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-31T22:10:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T17:02:50+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16T22:00:59+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-11T19:53:13+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T20:08:27+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:26:36+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-13T19:41:34+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-11-30T20:26:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-30T19:55:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-29T01:54:44+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T01:54:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-28T17:50:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-26T21:37:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-22T21:32:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-22T15:40:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-24T19:59:47+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/32daa690-5e67-4a7d-8b98-ec3e31962af0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).