republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-172.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Revise laws related to post-election audits	Revise laws related to post-election audits	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	HB 172	Montana HB 172 (2023)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues) Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects) Rule Making	enacted	David Bedey	5	54	6	2022-11-20T17:56:07+00:00	2023-04-19T21:57:08+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/a9dc7c50-bc7e-4324-9fdf-604d49246ffc	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1412	a0c476738f506b3250ccde5a2baf5e000543716573f2c1687681344c057b51a4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 172 (2023) — Revise laws related to post-election audits

Version chain

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

1. HB0172.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0172.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0172_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0172_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. HB0172_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• (H) 3rd Reading Passed — 81–19 (pass) · lower
• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — 14–4 (pass) · lower
• (H) 2nd Reading Passed — 76–23 (pass) · lower
• (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — 49–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• David Bedey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-19T21:57:08+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-04-19T18:29:00+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
• 2023-04-03T20:48:46+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-04-03T20:48:45+00:00 (H) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-03-24T21:42:49+00:00 (H) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-03-24T21:26:59+00:00 (S) Returned to House
• 2023-03-23T20:22:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-03-22T19:28:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-20T19:06:00+00:00 (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2023-03-17T21:00:01+00:00 (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00 (S) Hearing
• 2023-01-26T20:37:00+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-01-26T20:31:00+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
• 2023-01-24T21:30:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-01-23T19:06:22+00:00 (C) Printed - New Version Available
• 2023-01-19T22:09:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-19T20:26:23+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-12T16:00:21+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-01-12T13:51:11+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Printed
• 2023-01-10T22:43:00+00:00 (C) Amendments Available
• 2023-01-10T17:07:36+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Signed
• 2023-01-10T15:04:35+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Received receipt
• 2023-01-05T20:34:10+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-01-05T15:56:05+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-01-05T01:00:00+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Requested
• 2023-01-04T22:16:00+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2023-01-04T22:15:55+00:00 (H) Introduced
• 2023-01-03T21:26:47+00:00 (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2022-12-30T18:14:40+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2022-12-29T20:29:06+00:00 (C) Executive Director Final Review
• 2022-12-29T20:29:00+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2022-12-29T19:10:22+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2022-12-29T18:18:22+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2022-12-29T18:02:03+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2022-12-29T18:02:02+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2022-12-28T22:27:31+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2022-12-28T21:35:34+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2022-12-27T18:48:18+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2022-12-27T02:03:43+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2022-12-26T21:15:48+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-12-26T19:38:22+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-12-22T22:18:03+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-12-22T20:41:13+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-12-20T19:28:25+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-11-20T17:56:07+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a9dc7c50-bc7e-4324-9fdf-604d49246ffc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).