---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws related to incest"
description: "Revising laws related to incest"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 743"
citation: "Montana HB 743 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 58
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-09T14:34:15+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:24:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/11adcccb-aba0-4bef-8271-0690fc77ce57"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3549"
source_hash: "af04862b54d62ebca10a746b13502f5f228f72c0c22100ccb3e81c4436ce9b67"
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 743 (2023) — Revising laws related to incest

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0743_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10660)
2. **HB0743_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10659)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Laura Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:24:41+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:36:59+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:18:58+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T19:18:57+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:22:49+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T02:44:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-18T21:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T02:26:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-15T01:27:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-15T01:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-11T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-21T19:26:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:17+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21T14:17:21+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-20T19:46:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-16T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T20:36:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-16T17:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T14:00:09+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-03T04:49:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02T23:27:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T00:05:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T13:40:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-27T22:16:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-27T20:37:39+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-24T14:00:36+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-22T20:10:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22T19:36:03+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T14:42:32+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-22T04:52:34+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-22T01:50:19+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-22T01:50:18+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-02-20T19:55:01+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T16:36:02+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-11T21:04:10+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-11T21:04:05+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-11T16:05:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-11T15:23:29+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-10T22:16:37+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-10T22:16:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-10T21:16:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-10T20:26:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-08T21:16:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-08T18:54:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-07T19:53:00+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-09T14:34:15+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/11adcccb-aba0-4bef-8271-0690fc77ce57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).