republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-11.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montana coal endowment program"
description: "Montana coal endowment program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 11"
citation: "Montana HB 11 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Dams (same as: Water)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-07-14T16:17:10+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:05:32+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73e218ca-e648-4985-b8a7-1acf541247e1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0011"
source_hash: "f89f2d6408bf3525f9a001585ae35722c2750d35cfbc83ce5548cd16f780e7fc"
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 11 (2023) — Montana coal endowment program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0011.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2566)
2. **HB0011.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2567)
3. **HB0011.001.008_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2568)
4. **HB0011.001.008_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2569)
5. **HB0011_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2570)
6. **HB0011_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2571)
7. **HB0011_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2572)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- John Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:05:32+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:16:18+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+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`
- **2023-04-28T19:22:06+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28T19:22:05+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-25T16:59:40+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-24T23:41:03+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-21T19:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:32:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:39:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-31T20:17:31+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-31T13:39:34+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30T21:38:21+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-30T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T20:27:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21T20:07:45+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-21T19:34:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16T14:00:32+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-10T02:55:22+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-01T16:23:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-18T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:20:24+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-20T19:18:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:49:32+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T20:25:27+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-21T22:10:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-21T16:45:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-18T23:24:28+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-18T23:24:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-18T22:46:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-18T20:42:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-17T18:36:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-07-14T16:17:10+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/73e218ca-e648-4985-b8a7-1acf541247e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).