republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-156.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws enforced by the State Auditor"
description: "Generally revise laws enforced by the State Auditor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 156"
citation: "Montana HB 156 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-08-16T19:39:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:57:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f85e485f-70e3-412d-86a3-cbce3d2a6f3a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0191"
source_hash: "4211ac6c5a17ca08302ce0c0a029878611e94030ed4224fd23f147107f8921a9"
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 156 (2023) — Generally revise laws enforced by the State Auditor

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0156.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4113)
2. **HB0156.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4114)
3. **HB0156_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4118)
4. **HB0156_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4116)
5. **HB0156_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4117)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:57:51+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T15:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T21:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-03T19:01:22+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T19:01:21+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T21:34:42+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-22T21:22:29+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-21T20:12:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T19:15:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T14:30:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T16:25:17+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:21:01+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T14:04:33+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-31T22:09:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:21:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:31:42+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-25T20:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T19:40:07+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-25T12:43:56+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-05T15:30:32+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-05T14:34:13+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T22:55:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-04T22:55:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-02T21:23:49+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:24:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T22:10:14+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-21T20:24:45+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T20:10:40+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-15T20:10:39+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-13T19:17:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-13T18:18:32+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-12T17:00:35+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T17:00:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-12T15:01:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-09T21:25:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-06T19:19:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-06T17:31:51+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-16T19:39:14+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/f85e485f-70e3-412d-86a3-cbce3d2a6f3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).