republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-384.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow hard copy campaign finance reports in certain circumstances"
description: "Allow hard copy campaign finance reports in certain circumstances"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 384"
citation: "Montana HB 384 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jedediah Hinkle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-30T22:04:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T19:33:38+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd6ec8e7-9170-48df-a10d-05c0ffd1e6d1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1888"
source_hash: "d0272537c6b6bb4062d765eb9a9bca239def78e81359d0e426fa8046650855c9"
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 384 (2023) — Allow hard copy campaign finance reports in certain circumstances

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0384.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8067)
2. **HB0384.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8066)
3. **HB0384_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8069)
4. **HB0384_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8071)
5. **HB0384_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8070)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **98–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jedediah Hinkle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T19:33:38+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T00:39:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **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`
- **2023-04-19T18:26:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-14T14:32:05+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-14T14:32:04+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T22:50:51+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T21:16:34+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-05T19:59:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T20:07:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T20:15:00+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
- **2023-03-13T19:31:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T17:26:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01T00:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-28T23:47:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T21:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T21:20:17+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-22T20:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-20T22:28:25+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-10T01:45:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-09T16:00:26+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-09T15:13:06+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-02-07T22:06:47+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-03T20:16:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03T18:48:31+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-02T21:30:04+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-01T21:49:04+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-01T21:37:33+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-31T19:40:20+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-30T20:54:15+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-30T15:45:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-30T15:44:36+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-28T21:39:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-28T17:53:58+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-27T22:31:02+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-27T22:31:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-27T20:44:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-27T20:34:45+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-24T01:03:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-23T22:34:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-23T22:33:38+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-30T22:04:48+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/fd6ec8e7-9170-48df-a10d-05c0ffd1e6d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).