---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise administrative provisions of MPERA"
description: "Revise administrative provisions of MPERA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 74"
citation: "Montana SB 74 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement (see also: Senior Citizens)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy McKamey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-08-24T19:40:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:06:40+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb6475b-7208-46e1-a4e9-0820ea83f345"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0242"
source_hash: "ceacf12586bdea61d12aa35a3376bf8a6f025bfbdb7fd6f389954b6d8af5ae65"
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 74 (2023) — Revise administrative provisions of MPERA

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0074.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3279)
2. **SB0074.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3278)
3. **SB0074001SCS18720.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10739)
4. **SB0074_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2012)
5. **SB0074_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2013)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **89–9** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wendy McKamey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:06:40+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T16:02:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-26T16:20:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-23T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T20:38:06+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T20:38:05+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T22:58:24+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:23:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T21:26:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T22:01:57+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-12T20:17:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T20:11:37+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-04T19:47:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-04T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-21T14:13:12+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-21T16:00:41+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:22:08+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T19:46:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T21:29:11+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-19T21:24:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-18T20:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-13T20:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T20:02:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-11T17:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:36+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:18:35+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:29:36+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T23:09:40+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2022-12-21T20:41:55+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2022-12-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-21T18:18:34+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-14T00:11:14+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-14T00:11:13+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-30T19:11:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-30T18:36:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-30T18:19:10+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-30T18:19:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-28T18:56:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-24T01:47:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-18T21:54:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-18T17:51:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-24T19:40:07+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/8bb6475b-7208-46e1-a4e9-0820ea83f345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).