republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-173.md

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Bill	Revise laws related to security of vote tabulating machines	Revise laws related to security of vote tabulating machines	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	HB 173	Montana HB 173 (2023)	bill	Crimes Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)	enacted	David Bedey	9	51	6	2022-11-20T17:56:52+00:00	2023-04-19T21:56:46+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/f9a6213b-c4dd-49ee-9223-88b3588ae797	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1413	018c4e81d450accb47802c860ca305b47bc00b2c751a0dc9824d9156da7f7736	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 173 (2023) — Revise laws related to security of vote tabulating machines

Version chain

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

1. HB0173.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0173.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0173.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0173.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. HB0173.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. HB0173.001.005_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
7. HB0173_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
8. HB0173_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
9. HB0173_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (H) 2nd Reading Passed — 75–24 (pass) · lower
• (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• (H) 3rd Reading Passed — 77–22 (pass) · lower
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — 13–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• David Bedey — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-04-19T21:56:46+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-04-19T15:34:00+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
• 2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Signed by Speaker passage
• 2023-04-05T15:58:22+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-04-05T15:57:36+00:00 (H) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-03-24T21:42:54+00:00 (H) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-03-24T21:27:01+00:00 (S) Returned to House
• 2023-03-23T20:23:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-03-22T20:11:00+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
• 2023-02-16T16:51:00+00:00 (S) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-03T22:44:09+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Printed
• 2023-02-03T19:46:58+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Signed
• 2023-02-03T16:39:38+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Received receipt
• 2023-02-02T20:32:00+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-02T17:13:15+00:00 (H) Transmitted to Senate
• 2023-02-01T22:44:00+00:00 (H) 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-01T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-01-31T20:29:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-01-31T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-01-27T14:37:57+00:00 (C) Printed - New Version Available
• 2023-01-26T23:51:54+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Requested
• 2023-01-26T20:18:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-26T17:56:20+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-16T16:00:40+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-01-12T21:19:11+00:00 (C) Amendments Available
• 2023-01-06T20:55:28+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-01-06T19:04:33+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-01-04T22:24:00+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2023-01-04T22:23:25+00:00 (H) Introduced
• 2023-01-03T21:28:33+00:00 (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2022-12-29T23:50:08+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2022-12-29T19:01:13+00:00 (C) Executive Director Final Review
• 2022-12-29T19:00:54+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2022-12-28T22:00:37+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2022-12-28T21:50:11+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2022-12-28T20:56:05+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2022-12-28T20:56:04+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2022-12-28T02:52:52+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2022-12-28T00:02:05+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2022-12-27T20:36:42+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2022-12-26T20:16:03+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2022-12-26T19:42:18+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-12-22T23:14:17+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-11-20T17:56:52+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f9a6213b-c4dd-49ee-9223-88b3588ae797. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).