republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-199.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise eligibility for resort communities and resort areas"
description: "Revise eligibility for resort communities and resort areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 199"
citation: "Montana SB 199 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:11:26+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T15:41:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2923ab4b-1196-4d79-8347-a8979da1a0c3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0321"
source_hash: "519fef7dbf09f00f24e31ea0eb35b86d347a708dd09856a472c0bcdda58f6cc9"
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 SB 199 (2023) — Revise eligibility for resort communities and resort areas

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0199.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4976)
2. **SB0199001SCS15239.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4915)
3. **SB0199_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4893)
4. **SB0199_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4891)
5. **SB0199_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4892)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Pass Motion Failed — **24–26** (fail) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **52–44** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **30–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T15:41:13+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-02T15:55:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-22T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T20:55:52+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:56:02+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T21:16:12+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T19:52:02+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-07T14:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T21:10:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:25:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-23T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-10T20:19:32+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-10T19:06:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09T22:13:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-08T21:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T20:20:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-03T21:24:00+00:00** (S) Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process `reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:39:01+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Pass Motion Failed `failure, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-31T22:39:51+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-31T20:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T18:28:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T15:50:16+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-25T22:00:01+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-23T17:44:05+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-23T17:29:50+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T20:19:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20T00:39:55+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-19T22:40:17+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-17T19:54:59+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-17T16:28:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-17T16:24:18+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-16T23:01:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-16T21:42:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-16T21:34:44+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-16T21:34:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-16T18:29:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-15T02:42:08+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-13T04:32:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-12T20:09:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-12T17:48:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-14T17:11:26+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/2923ab4b-1196-4d79-8347-a8979da1a0c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).