republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-306.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	Require candidates for office be registered to vote	Require candidates for office be registered to vote	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	HB 306	Montana HB 306 (2023)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues) Public Officers and Employees	enacted	Braxton Mitchell	6	52	6	2022-12-01T17:30:14+00:00	2023-05-16T20:27:27+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/915e6c2f-aa05-41b8-a9c8-2e6251c0c338	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1975	be376e7df472613a3714fc65c722d977994e4fec6da22cac7a9c8b678804d797	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 306 (2023) — Require candidates for office be registered to vote

Version chain

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

1. HB0306.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0306.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0306GovNotSign.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0306_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. HB0306_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. HB0306_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (H) 2nd Reading Passed — 74–24 (pass) · lower
• (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — 36–13 (pass) · upper
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — 11–7 (pass) · lower
• (H) 3rd Reading Passed — 77–19 (pass) · lower
• (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — 32–18 (pass) · upper
• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — 9–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Braxton Mitchell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-16T20:27:27+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00 (H) Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-04-20T17:01:00+00:00 (S) Signed by President passage
• 2023-04-19T17:00:00+00:00 (H) Signed by Speaker passage
• 2023-04-14T14:58:26+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-04-14T14:58:25+00:00 (H) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-04-11T20:08:26+00:00 (H) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-04-07T16:16:31+00:00 (S) Returned to House
• 2023-04-06T20:46:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-04-05T20:30:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-03-31T20:14:00+00:00 (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2023-03-29T21:00:01+00:00 (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00 (S) Hearing
• 2023-03-13T17:06:01+00:00 (S) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-14T20:43:00+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-13T22:57:21+00:00 (H) Transmitted to Senate
• 2023-02-13T21:56:00+00:00 (H) 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-13T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-02-10T21:34:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-02-10T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-02-09T21:58:22+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration reading-2
• 2023-02-06T21:19:59+00:00 (C) Printed - New Version Available
• 2023-02-06T20:30:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-02-06T18:40:21+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-31T16:00:23+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-01-30T21:59:22+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Printed
• 2023-01-30T19:17:18+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Signed
• 2023-01-30T17:34:55+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Received receipt
• 2023-01-24T20:08:57+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-01-24T18:41:31+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-01-23T20:11:13+00:00 (C) Amendments Available
• 2023-01-23T17:37:02+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2023-01-21T16:09:34+00:00 (H) Fiscal Note Requested
• 2023-01-21T16:08:39+00:00 (H) Introduced
• 2023-01-19T19:43:33+00:00 (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2022-12-30T19:46:37+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2022-12-30T16:56:15+00:00 (C) Executive Director Final Review
• 2022-12-30T16:55:56+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2022-12-30T13:36:43+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2022-12-30T02:33:03+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2022-12-30T01:24:24+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2022-12-30T01:24:23+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2022-12-29T21:24:33+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2022-12-29T21:22:01+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2022-12-29T21:09:08+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2022-12-29T16:31:46+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2022-12-28T23:34:54+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-12-16T17:38:00+00:00 (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
• 2022-12-16T17:22:45+00:00 (C) Draft On Hold
• 2022-12-01T17:30:14+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/915e6c2f-aa05-41b8-a9c8-2e6251c0c338. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).