---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriate money to dept. of ag for weed control"
description: "Appropriate money to dept. of ag for weed control"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 821"
citation: "Montana HB 821 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Counties (see also: Local Government)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Malone"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 66
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-01-07T16:42:06+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-24T17:40:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509abcca-ad70-4dc6-abe0-cf9906658083"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4416"
source_hash: "539e89f01fa7cbf05726e9aca03a52f5b0d8e6d48b9451d820d10d11445289d3"
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 821 (2023) — Appropriate money to dept. of ag for weed control

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0821.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11385)
2. **HB0821.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11384)
3. **HB0821.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11383)
4. **HB0821001SCH19679.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11382)
5. **HB0821GovNotSign.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11388)
6. **HB0821_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11392)
7. **HB0821_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11389)
8. **HB0821_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11391)
9. **HB0821_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11390)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **88–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **91–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marty Malone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-24T17:40:05+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-09T15:30:41+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-04T22:03:35+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-04T22:03:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T18:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-05-02T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-01T18:40:07+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-04-28T23:30:35+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-28T19:57:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T18:33:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-28T16:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T00:31:08+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-27T22:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-27T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-27T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-26T22:16:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-26T19:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-25T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T23:01:06+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T22:40:26+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T20:46:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-04T19:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T19:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T14:30:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-29T21:31:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T16:12:13+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-28T21:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T19:42:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-28T18:29:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-03-27T23:05:30+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-23T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-23T15:07:32+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:22:24+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-11T16:43:58+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06T17:30:26+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-02T21:47:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-02T20:43:48+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-03-02T20:43:47+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-03-02T19:23:36+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-03-02T15:56:20+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-02T15:12:12+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-02T15:12:04+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-02T12:30:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-01T17:19:06+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-28T02:08:33+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-28T02:08:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-27T22:34:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-25T23:48:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-22T22:31:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-13T16:48:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-13T16:15:12+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-10T15:37:19+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-02-08T21:13:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-07T16:42:06+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/509abcca-ad70-4dc6-abe0-cf9906658083`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).