---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise highway use laws"
description: "Generally revise highway use laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Montana HB 26 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Nikolakakos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-26T15:01:19+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T18:40:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/010a2e29-3cd9-4aee-939d-78330c2bb141"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0510"
source_hash: "31b66bab7afc871af4e3c421292b4a07c8a77764e152f8283cde68a5495549bb"
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 26 (2023) — Generally revise highway use laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0026_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2695)
2. **HB0026_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2696)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Nikolakakos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T18:40:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:04:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T22:12:29+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T15:39:56+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T21:50:27+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T21:36:05+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-24T21:04:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-26T22:00:03+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:19:08+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:40:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-16T18:40:03+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-13T20:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-13T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-12T20:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T23:52:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T22:00:50+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-04T15:13:54+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-03T18:25:26+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T20:22:34+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:28:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-19T23:28:04+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-05T21:46:11+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-01T21:20:51+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T22:06:30+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-28T22:06:29+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-14T22:46:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-14T22:03:07+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-14T21:36:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-14T21:36:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-14T21:35:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-14T21:35:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-14T20:39:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-10T20:45:21+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-09T17:35:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-09T16:49:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-01T17:40:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-26T15:01:19+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/010a2e29-3cd9-4aee-939d-78330c2bb141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).