---
type: "Bill"
title: "Eliminate county administration fee for youth residential services"
description: "Eliminate county administration fee for youth residential services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "Montana HB 39 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Revenue", "State", "Social Services", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Amy Regier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-31T17:08:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-02-17T16:50:37+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c651afcd-5835-47e3-b38f-65435afeb853"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0269"
source_hash: "a59818baf83d8eaa409cac0471f2a98807807a2a6217993b1df0372c72f04ae4"
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 39 (2023) — Eliminate county administration fee for youth residential services

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0039_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2840)
2. **HB0039_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2841)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Amy Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17T16:50:37+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-02-16T23:57:22+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-10T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-10T19:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-09T23:03:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-08T20:29:53+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-02-08T20:29:52+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:13:24+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-02-06T23:11:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-02-03T21:18:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-02T21:00:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-16T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-14T00:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-13T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T20:16:36+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-09T17:11:15+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T22:06:18+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-06T20:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-05T20:35:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-04T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-03T22:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-03T22:00:09+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:25:17+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T15:04:05+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T20:40:16+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-07T22:31:17+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-07T22:31:16+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-16T18:47:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-16T18:32:05+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-16T18:20:35+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-16T18:20:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-16T16:48:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-08T22:10:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-07T22:33:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-07T19:02:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-25T18:00:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-31T17:08:36+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/c651afcd-5835-47e3-b38f-65435afeb853`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).