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type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to coroner's inquests"
description: "Revise laws related to coroner's inquests"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 705"
citation: "Montana HB 705 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scot Kerns"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-28T13:23:59+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T17:14:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/13c3255d-5d91-48af-aef1-56a953622fb3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4324"
source_hash: "f9876c7c87a0914f187fa21e6d94c28dee6d54694652deeaf23b5dff6bab8631"
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 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](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10475)
2. **HB0705_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10476)
## Votes
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **6629** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **3515** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **127** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **3416** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **74** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **7029** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/13c3255d-5d91-48af-aef1-56a953622fb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).