republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-493.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise constituent services account laws"
description: "Generally revise constituent services account laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 493"
citation: "Montana HB 493 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Dooling"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 55
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-08T19:15:27+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T19:43:19+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae8983ab-8b33-4461-bf6f-6691f6e29f2b"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3401"
source_hash: "bb18358d5b2d36aec1bf777271375c080b1af5ac4211f91cad4962f2a8398976"
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 493 (2023) — Generally revise constituent services account laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0493_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10323)
2. **HB0493_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10324)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Dooling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T19:43:19+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T00:45:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-17T17:04:23+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:04:22+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:31:04+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T21:48:11+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-11T19:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-11T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T19:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:34:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T17:15:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:33:35+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01T17:30:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-01T00:10:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-28T23:52:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-27T21:39:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-27T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T20:24:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-21T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-17T16:00:12+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:15:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T15:49:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-10T20:24:24+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-10T19:18:01+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-09T19:28:17+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-08T21:01:38+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T15:15:26+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-08T15:15:22+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-08T12:23:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-07T19:31:26+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-07T18:55:48+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-07T18:55:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-07T18:36:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-07T16:42:16+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-07T16:24:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-07T02:47:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-07T01:03:18+00:00** (C) Draft Back for Redo
- **2023-02-06T15:30:32+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-06T15:30:27+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-04T19:37:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-04T18:10:59+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-04T00:12:21+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-04T00:12:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-03T23:54:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-03T23:31:33+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-01T21:10:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-01T00:58:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-25T21:38:55+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-08T19:15:27+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/ae8983ab-8b33-4461-bf6f-6691f6e29f2b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).