---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise tobacco tax allocation for state veterans' nursing homes"
description: "Revise tobacco tax allocation for state veterans' nursing homes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 840"
citation: "Montana HB 840 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Cigarettes and Tobacco", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Marshall"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-11T20:16:17+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:35:12+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df380b0a-5624-4e43-8238-b33efa54e32c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1076"
source_hash: "e87494deaa54b9262b175a207158cd14528fa585502852842f0f076d7d105dab"
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 840 (2023) — Revise tobacco tax allocation for state veterans' nursing homes

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0840_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11569)
2. **HB0840_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=11570)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **20–3** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **21–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **98–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ron Marshall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:35:12+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:42:43+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T20:32:00+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`
- **2023-05-01T23:18:06+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T23:18:05+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-27T13:53:48+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T22:41:34+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-25T19:21:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T18:53:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-21T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-21T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-20T21:55:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20T19:49:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T23:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-17T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-05T23:01:45+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-05T22:40:28+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-04T20:46:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-04-04T19:58:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03T19:27:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:18:00+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
- **2023-03-30T14:04:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29T19:36:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-28T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-27T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-21T15:42:56+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-21T13:56:07+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-03-20T22:11:12+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-17T19:10:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-17T18:18:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16T15:40:10+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-16T14:41:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-03-16T13:18:41+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-03-16T13:18:40+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-03-15T20:03:14+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-15T19:45:10+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-03-15T19:45:06+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-03-15T19:05:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-03-15T15:58:27+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-03-15T14:45:13+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-03-15T14:45:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-03-15T14:18:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-03-15T14:14:00+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-03-14T22:43:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-03-14T21:30:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-11T20:16:17+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/df380b0a-5624-4e43-8238-b33efa54e32c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).