republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-4.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriations by budget amendment"
description: "Appropriations by budget amendment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Montana HB 4 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation Process", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Federal Government", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 57
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-07-14T15:49:30+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T18:31:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00c6cff4-6172-4abe-9482-604da17e09e0"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0004"
source_hash: "0f8a61c91ee5d90f56783ee1066280319d25d867d0465ce275ec246c5375700e"
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 4 (2023) — Appropriations by budget amendment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0004.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23831)
2. **HB0004.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23826)
3. **HB0004.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23823)
4. **HB0004.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23769)
5. **HB0004_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=175)
6. **HB0004_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=173)
7. **HB0004_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=172)
8. **HB0004_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=174)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **94–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T18:31:48+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-22T17:59:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-12T17:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T18:05:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-11T18:02:00+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-11T18:01:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T20:30:56+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-03T02:41:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-03T00:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-05-02T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-05-02T20:15:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T18:27:37+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-26T22:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-25T23:53:31+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-25T19:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-25T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T18:38:40+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-04-24T18:20:57+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-21T16:34:54+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-21T15:36:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-20T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-13T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-03T17:26:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-04-03T14:51:51+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03T13:53:27+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-31T19:43:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-30T19:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T20:03:33+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-20T19:13:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-17T13:12:52+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-03-16T20:06:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-03-16T19:49:52+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-03-11T22:05:06+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-16T21:10:00+00:00** (H) Sponsor List Modified
- **2023-01-04T15:10:58+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T00:50:15+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-03T22:00:46+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:18:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:27:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-22T00:02:31+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2022-12-20T18:52:58+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T15:33:20+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T00:02:49+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-12T20:20:53+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-12T20:20:52+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-29T17:13:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-28T22:04:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-28T21:05:41+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T21:05:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-26T18:26:36+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-22T20:54:17+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-18T18:03:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-17T18:44:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-07-14T15:49:30+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/00c6cff4-6172-4abe-9482-604da17e09e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).