---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to post-election audits"
description: "Revise laws related to post-election audits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Montana HB 172 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-20T17:56:07+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:57:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9dc7c50-bc7e-4324-9fdf-604d49246ffc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1412"
source_hash: "a0c476738f506b3250ccde5a2baf5e000543716573f2c1687681344c057b51a4"
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 172 (2023) — Revise laws related to post-election audits

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0172.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4230)
2. **HB0172.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4231)
3. **HB0172_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4235)
4. **HB0172_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4233)
5. **HB0172_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4234)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **81–19** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **76–23** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:57:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T18:29:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T20:48:46+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T20:48:45+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:42:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:26:59+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-23T20:22:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:28:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T20:37:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T20:31:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T22:42:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-25T21:17:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T21:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T19:06:22+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-19T22:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T20:26:23+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T16:00:21+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T13:51:11+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-10T22:43:00+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-10T17:07:36+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-10T15:04:35+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-05T20:34:10+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-05T15:56:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T01:00:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-04T22:16:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-04T22:15:55+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-03T21:26:47+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-30T18:14:40+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T20:29:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-29T20:29:00+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T19:10:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-29T18:18:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-29T18:02:03+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-29T18:02:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-28T22:27:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-28T21:35:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-27T18:48:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-27T02:03:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-26T21:15:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-26T19:38:22+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-22T22:18:03+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-22T20:41:13+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-20T19:28:25+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-20T17:56:07+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/a9dc7c50-bc7e-4324-9fdf-604d49246ffc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).