republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-705.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Revise laws related to coroner's inquests	Revise laws related to coroner's inquests	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	HB 705	Montana HB 705 (2023)	bill	Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors) Crimes Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)	enacted	Scot Kerns	2	46	6	2022-12-28T13:23:59+00:00	2023-05-19T17:14:23+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/13c3255d-5d91-48af-aef1-56a953622fb3	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4324	f9876c7c87a0914f187fa21e6d94c28dee6d54694652deeaf23b5dff6bab8631	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 705 (2023) — Revise laws related to coroner's inquests

Version chain

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

1. HB0705_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0705_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (H) 2nd Reading Passed — 66–29 (pass) · lower
• (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — 35–15 (pass) · upper
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — 12–7 (pass) · lower
• (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — 34–16 (pass) · upper
• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — 7–4 (pass) · upper
• (H) 3rd Reading Passed — 70–29 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Scot Kerns — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-19T17:14:23+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-05-19T00:08:52+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
• 2023-04-23T19:15:44+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-04-23T19:15:43+00:00 (H) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-04-20T15:19:16+00:00 (H) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-04-19T02:43:00+00:00 (S) Returned to House
• 2023-04-18T22:10:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-04-17T20:02:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-06T19:17:00+00:00 (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2023-04-05T14:00:01+00:00 (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2023-04-05T14:00:00+00:00 (S) Hearing
• 2023-03-13T22:40:13+00:00 (S) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-10T00:14:36+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-03T17:21:15+00:00 (H) Transmitted to Senate
• 2023-03-03T04:36:00+00:00 (H) 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-03-01T22:49:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-02-24T23:35:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2023-02-24T14:00:00+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2023-02-23T14:00:04+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-02-21T20:42:35+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-21T18:49:05+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-21T17:07:03+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2023-02-21T02:59:06+00:00 (H) Introduced
• 2023-02-20T21:59:29+00:00 (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2023-02-17T19:42:37+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-02-17T15:19:23+00:00 (C) Executive Director Final Review
• 2023-02-17T15:19:17+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-02-17T00:18:58+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2023-02-16T23:42:30+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2023-02-16T20:05:51+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2023-02-16T20:05:50+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2023-02-16T18:51:27+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2023-02-16T18:42:41+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2023-02-13T23:41:05+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2023-02-13T23:23:29+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2023-02-13T23:17:42+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2023-02-13T22:36:52+00:00 (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
• 2023-02-13T20:01:24+00:00 (C) Draft On Hold
• 2022-12-28T13:23:59+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/13c3255d-5d91-48af-aef1-56a953622fb3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).