---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow interest earned on workforce housing appropriations to be retained"
description: "Allow interest earned on workforce housing appropriations to be retained"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 223"
citation: "Montana SB 223 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Labor and Employment", "State Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Esp"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-22T21:07:24+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T16:56:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a55ba1c-a3cc-48df-a500-b47cee0e12e6"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1908?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "780ee8d06558f2845fc9530205349f57e8aa98d2301e76794a0c18b086e1d91b"
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 223 (2025) — Allow interest earned on workforce housing appropriations to be retained

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1908.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272058)
2. **SB0223.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283513)
3. **SB0223.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283663)
4. **SB0223.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283669)
5. **SB0223.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283662)
6. **SB0223.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284740)
7. **SB0223.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284750)
8. **SB0223.001.007_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306227)
9. **SB0223.001.008_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306228)
10. **SB0223_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276704)
11. **SB0223_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277177)
12. **SB0223_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280608)
13. **SB0223_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306226)
14. **SB0223_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309148)
15. **SB0223_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309150)
16. **SB0223_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275845)
17. **SB0223_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316895)
18. **SB0223_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320470)
19. **SB0223_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321794)
20. **SB0223_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321795)
21. **SB0223_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321796)
22. **SB0223_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324740)
23. **SB0223_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326400)
24. **SB0223_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310958)

## Votes

- do_pass — **22–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **22–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Esp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-22T21:07:24+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-22T21:07:24+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-15T20:29:00+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-15T20:29:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-01-16T16:15:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-16T19:38:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-16T20:15:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-16T23:38:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-17T14:38:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-28T19:39:05+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-28T21:02:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-29T20:43:49+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-29T20:51:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31T16:56:52+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-02-03T22:10:09+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-03T22:40:31+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-04T15:05:15+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-04T22:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-05T20:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T21:26:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T21:49:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T22:22:06+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-11T17:41:37+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T20:07:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-14T21:58:26+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-08T16:36:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-08T21:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T17:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:35:33+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T20:08:29+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:15:16+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:40:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:56:57+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/3a55ba1c-a3cc-48df-a500-b47cee0e12e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).