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type: "Bill"
title: "Revise collections limit for actions brought before city court"
description: "Revise collections limit for actions brought before city court"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 534"
citation: "Montana HB 534 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)", "City Officers (see also: Local Government)", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Michael Yakawich"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 51
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-11-20T16:55:51+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T16:58:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e7463e1-6377-433e-8d1c-7d67074fb219"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1370"
source_hash: "e719547ca944940fe4537be19f35dffd3b123d184ed48f81bf0284beed74d5f8"
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 534 (2023) — Revise collections limit for actions brought before city court
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0534.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8543)
2. **HB0534.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8542)
3. **HB0534.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8544)
4. **HB0534_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8546)
5. **HB0534_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8545)
6. **HB0534_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8547)
## Votes
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **133** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **464** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **482** (pass) · upper
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **124** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **934** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **90** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **955** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Michael Yakawich — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-05-19T16:58:01+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T00:09:57+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:09:29+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T19:09:28+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:17:59+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T02:34:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-18T22:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T19:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-30T22:04:44+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-28T11:51:52+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-13T23:04:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:08+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:34:37+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T16:53:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T03:23:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T02:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T17:55:54+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-28T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T21:53:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-02-23T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-02-23T04:34:31+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-21T22:00:21+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-15T20:19:24+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-15T19:29:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T17:55:02+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-14T16:33:50+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-14T15:08:46+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-13T19:23:16+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T17:47:02+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-13T17:46:58+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-13T16:16:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-13T15:41:17+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-12T21:04:45+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-12T21:04:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-12T19:38:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-12T19:03:43+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-10T17:38:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-09T15:04:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-09T14:54:48+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-07T21:09:43+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-20T16:55:51+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/4e7463e1-6377-433e-8d1c-7d67074fb219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).