---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to access to sealed youth court records"
description: "Revise laws related to access to sealed youth court records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 886"
citation: "Montana HB 886 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-04T00:35:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:38:21+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd4f3e79-a675-4749-86aa-47880854946b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2769"
source_hash: "1f60d25b53765d79a97352589eb045a22d7c6ab49db181dcf9b5c37fc40e5a40"
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 886 (2023) — Revise laws related to access to sealed youth court records

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0886.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20261)
2. **HB0886.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20258)
3. **HB0886.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20260)
4. **HB0886001SCH.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20259)
5. **HB0886_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20263)
6. **HB0886_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20264)
7. **HB0886_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=20265)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–8** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **85–15** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **84–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:38:21+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:44:57+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T19:44:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-01T17:13:11+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T17:13:10+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T13:51:39+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-25T01:35:42+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-24T23:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:49:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T19:51:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T22:54:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T22:40:36+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T20:46:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-04T20:11:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T23:47:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T18:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T22:16:44+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-30T20:50:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-30T13:02:11+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-29T20:51:46+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-29T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-29T13:45:06+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-03-28T23:43:32+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-23T18:22:46+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-23T18:10:44+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T17:13:47+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-23T12:21:14+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-23T12:19:44+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-03-23T12:19:43+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-03-20T22:48:53+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-20T21:34:23+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-20T21:34:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-20T19:44:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-20T18:06:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-03-20T16:17:52+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-20T16:17:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-20T15:05:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-03-20T03:57:50+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-03-16T12:19:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-03-15T18:44:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-03-15T16:49:05+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-12T16:26:13+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-04T00:35:25+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/dd4f3e79-a675-4749-86aa-47880854946b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).