republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-141.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Blackfeet mitigation fund laws"
description: "Revise Blackfeet mitigation fund laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 141"
citation: "Montana HB 141 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Dams (same as: Water)", "Indians", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-10-07T12:37:03+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T20:42:30+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040f69a6-e0a0-4226-a949-167e86139a70"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0691"
source_hash: "d5caa0d843c844876226fe7cff7ebf1990ef0ae22652f651b3aab2723b616d88"
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 141 (2023) — Revise Blackfeet mitigation fund laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0141_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3776)
2. **HB0141_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3775)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T20:42:30+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T20:21:29+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T18:40:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T17:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03T20:04:31+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03T20:04:30+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T17:11:53+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-28T23:30:21+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-28T19:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T16:17:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27T22:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-27T15:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-25T23:34:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T20:36:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T22:42:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-25T21:17:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24T00:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T22:00:03+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T22:23:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T21:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-12T20:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T00:39:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-09T22:00:55+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T18:04:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-05T16:30:31+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-05T03:23:59+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-02T21:17:12+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:21:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T22:01:25+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-21T20:20:42+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T22:48:24+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-14T22:48:23+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-15T18:52:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-15T17:39:10+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-15T17:21:25+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-15T17:21:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-14T20:34:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-14T20:23:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-12T04:54:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-08T18:26:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-07T12:37:03+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/040f69a6-e0a0-4226-a949-167e86139a70`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).