---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create new state veterans' cemetery"
description: "Create new state veterans' cemetery"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 81"
citation: "Montana HB 81 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Braxton Mitchell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 55
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-08-24T19:42:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:31:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a69683f-868a-4888-9cf4-dd8a4198dc0b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0244"
source_hash: "6573a340879543dab1a0709946fab73d29722cc96b49e1c30d136d31d17ae306"
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 81 (2023) — Create new state veterans' cemetery

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0081.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2260)
2. **HB0081_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2262)
3. **HB0081_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2263)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–4** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–9** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T20:31:19+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:14:00+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`
- **2023-04-07T16:49:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-06T18:26:59+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-06T18:25:20+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T23:01:27+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-04T21:31:28+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-03T16:53:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-31T19:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T13:59:00+00:00** (S) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-03-23T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-03-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-16T19:55:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T19:36:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-14T19:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:01:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:34+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T20:39:51+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T20:05:18+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-24T19:11:36+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-23T21:42:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-19T20:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T23:53:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-10T21:18:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-10T20:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T20:46:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T20:07:52+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T14:32:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T16:49:04+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-04T15:00:52+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-03T17:00:07+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:48:14+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:23:13+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:56:43+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T00:04:53+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-12T19:45:03+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-12T19:45:02+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-02T18:45:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-02T15:42:12+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-01T14:10:54+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-01T14:10:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-26T19:33:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-26T17:09:23+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-26T13:25:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-20T21:21:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-17T19:23:15+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-08-24T19:42:06+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/3a69683f-868a-4888-9cf4-dd8a4198dc0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).