republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-85.md

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

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	Expand MEPA categorical exclusions	Expand MEPA categorical exclusions	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	HB 85	Montana HB 85 (2023)	bill	Environmental Protection	enacted	Marty Malone	10	43	7	2022-10-07T12:27:29+00:00	2023-03-16T23:28:54+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/616f1d53-f10b-4875-8a6d-4e85f2c63f20	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0683	fe060ec1fc3c7a6821ac431c95b40b3d09e8f8042e6ce1e08257cfa36c693d7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 85 (2023) — Expand MEPA categorical exclusions

Version chain

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

1. HB0085.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0085.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0085.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0085.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. HB0085.002.004.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. HB0085.002.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
7. HB0085002CWS19697.slc.pdf (committee substitute) — source
8. HB0085_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
9. HB0085_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
10. HB0085_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — 8–3 (pass) · upper
• (H) 2nd Reading Passed — 93–6 (pass) · lower
• (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — 34–16 (pass) · upper
• (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — 34–16 (pass) · upper
• (H) 3rd Reading Passed — 93–5 (pass) · lower
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — 14–1 (pass) · lower
• (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — 22–28 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Marty Malone — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-03-16T23:28:54+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-03-16T22:05:52+00:00 (H) Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-03-14T21:50:00+00:00 (H) Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-03-14T21:10:00+00:00 (S) Signed by President passage
• 2023-03-08T21:15:00+00:00 (H) Signed by Speaker passage
• 2023-02-27T23:24:53+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-02-27T23:24:52+00:00 (H) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-02-20T22:43:22+00:00 (H) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-02-16T21:17:43+00:00 (S) Returned to House
• 2023-02-15T21:08:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-02-15T20:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-02-14T20:51:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-02-14T20:49:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed amendment-failure, failure, reading-2
• 2023-02-14T20:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-02-07T20:22:00+00:00 (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2023-01-31T17:18:00+00:00 (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2023-01-26T22:00:41+00:00 (S) Hearing
• 2023-01-23T21:55:37+00:00 (S) Hearing Canceled
• 2023-01-18T17:53:51+00:00 (S) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-01-17T20:16:50+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-01-17T20:05:04+00:00 (H) Transmitted to Senate
• 2023-01-16T21:03:00+00:00 (H) 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-01-16T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-01-13T20:24:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-01-13T20:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-01-10T20:37:25+00:00 (C) Printed - New Version Available
• 2023-01-10T20:15:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-09T23:46:00+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2023-01-09T21:55:42+00:00 (C) Amendments Available
• 2023-01-06T22:00:36+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-01-02T20:53:06+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2022-12-20T19:23:54+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2022-12-14T16:15:15+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2022-12-12T19:46:47+00:00 (H) Introduced
• 2022-12-08T23:41:25+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2022-12-08T19:30:43+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2022-12-06T19:30:05+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2022-12-06T19:30:04+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2022-12-06T00:10:10+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2022-12-01T02:33:15+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2022-11-29T22:19:55+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2022-11-29T21:54:01+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2022-10-07T12:27:29+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/616f1d53-f10b-4875-8a6d-4e85f2c63f20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).