republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-326.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to the appointment of the judicial standards commission"
description: "Revise laws relating to the appointment of the judicial standards commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 326"
citation: "Montana HB 326 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Judges and Justices (see also: Courts)", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kerri Seekins-Crowe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-01T16:43:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-20T22:10:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/695f1f8c-e046-48a0-860d-71d382260141"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1945"
source_hash: "14fc1ff0d4527411772debb0fc74d882628248631d4aff4c25e411df92faab92"
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 326 (2023) — Revise laws relating to the appointment of the judicial standards commission

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0326.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6748)
2. **HB0326.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6746)
3. **HB0326.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6747)
4. **HB0326_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6749)
5. **HB0326_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6750)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–6** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **7–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kerri Seekins-Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-20T22:10:36+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-20T18:05:00+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`
- **2023-04-03T19:13:12+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T19:13:11+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:43:08+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:27:09+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-23T20:24:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-22T19:45:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:19:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T15:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-10T21:59:03+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-10T16:00:49+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T14:12:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T20:22:33+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07T23:32:03+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-07T21:32:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T21:33:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:16:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02T18:04:14+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T15:00:43+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T20:25:28+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T18:52:06+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T17:48:28+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-25T17:05:15+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-24T16:39:40+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-23T17:09:33+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-23T17:09:28+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-22T20:40:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-22T19:12:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-21T23:01:50+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-21T23:01:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-20T20:50:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-19T17:43:56+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-16T23:41:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-13T01:32:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-11T23:52:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-01T16:43:27+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/695f1f8c-e046-48a0-860d-71d382260141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).