republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-724.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise public notice requirements"
description: "Generally revise public notice requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 724"
citation: "Montana HB 724 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Schools and Education", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Barker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-12-04T00:46:43+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:04:09+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c262f7b6-eec2-4137-a0b6-2e8654992348"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2800"
source_hash: "ed599e3b25b6ec14043ae97d10c1f8e5e768fdb383c3f1d69b238c2df9f73ebe"
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 724 (2023) — Generally revise public notice requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0724.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10569)
2. **HB0724.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10568)
3. **HB0724_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10572)
4. **HB0724_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10570)
5. **HB0724_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10571)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Failed — **25–25** (fail) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Tabled in Committee — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 3rd Reading Process — **26–22** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **27–22** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Barker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:04:09+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-03T16:23:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-26T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-24T20:45:13+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24T20:45:12+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T20:13:52+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T15:41:27+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-19T21:45:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T23:52:00+00:00** (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 3rd Reading Process `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T22:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Failed `failure, failure, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T23:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T23:45:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-14T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-04-11T22:57:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-31T21:00:01+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-03-31T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T22:40:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:14:37+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T17:21:23+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T04:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-01T22:54:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24T21:45:03+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-24T20:20:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T23:15:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T22:00:19+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-23T17:17:55+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-22T20:33:47+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22T19:32:17+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21T21:28:36+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-21T21:18:25+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-20T19:49:48+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-18T21:29:48+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-17T23:49:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-17T23:49:09+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-17T21:37:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-17T18:46:13+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-17T18:34:14+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T18:34:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-17T15:32:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-17T04:43:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-15T20:17:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-15T19:58:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-15T19:45:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-20T17:43:47+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-09T20:04:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-04T00:46:43+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/c262f7b6-eec2-4137-a0b6-2e8654992348`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).