---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish a vending machine account in the special revenue fund"
description: "Establish a vending machine account in the special revenue fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 161"
citation: "Montana HB 161 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Health Care Services", "Revenue", "State", "Social Services"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Valerie Moore"]
version_count: 21
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-02T12:50:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-16T19:39:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73044e61-8833-4fd5-b489-efd437da60e9"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0442?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "8cb65ce56f9a2c86efc2f48f389a803918e469df7210c5c31e8bf34aec36f78e"
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 HB 161 (2025) — Establish a vending machine account in the special revenue fund

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0161_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270712)
2. **HB0161_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275184)
3. **HB0161_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276249)
4. **HB0161_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277457)
5. **HB0161_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295432)
6. **HB0161_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314991)
7. **HB0161_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314992)
8. **HB0161_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270470)
9. **HB0161_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314994)
10. **HB0161_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325758)
11. **HB0161_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327314)
12. **HB0161_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317221)
13. **HB0161_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317746)
14. **HB0161_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317747)
15. **HB0161_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320892)
16. **HB0161_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323148)
17. **HB0161_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323149)
18. **HB0161_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=323150)
19. **HB0161_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325029)
20. **HB0161_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314993)
21. **LC0442.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265638)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **44–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Valerie Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-02T12:50:09+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-08T15:38:30+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-10-08T15:38:36+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2024-10-23T22:40:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2024-10-23T22:41:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-10-23T22:41:21+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2024-10-23T22:41:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2024-10-23T22:41:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2024-10-24T15:27:23+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-28T17:25:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-11T15:48:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-17T16:22:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T20:18:34+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-09T22:11:53+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-09T22:20:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-10T19:08:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10T20:47:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-15T00:21:58+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Human Services
- **2025-01-15T16:03:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-15T21:20:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-16T21:21:05+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-24T01:43:27+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-24T20:17:07+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Human Services `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T20:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T21:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-30T21:49:36+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-31T20:29:06+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T23:03:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T18:16:27+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2025-03-19T18:07:36+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2025-03-20T21:43:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Taxation
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T16:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:19:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:19:58+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-25T15:44:50+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-01T19:00:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02T16:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-05T16:05:54+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-12T17:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-16T19:39:37+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/73044e61-8833-4fd5-b489-efd437da60e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).