republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-490.md

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Bill	Generally revising the legislature's investigative powers	Generally revising the legislature's investigative powers	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2023	SB 490	Montana SB 490 (2023)	bill	Legislature	enacted	Greg Hertz	6	52	8	2022-09-14T17:08:08+00:00	2023-05-22T21:32:57+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/4de356d8-600c-42cb-9dcd-50b400f2817b	https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0318	e3e8e4e7f6a13530a12ac3b06aa474bceb4c00d2d7431fcdbfceeb46d0bd2bab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 490 (2023) — Generally revising the legislature's investigative powers

Version chain

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

1. SB0490.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0490.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. SB0490001SCS15239.slc.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. SB0490_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. SB0490_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. SB0490_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — 66–31 (pass) · lower
• (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — 34–16 (pass) · upper
• (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — 7–4 (pass) · upper
• (S) 2nd Reading Passed — 34–16 (pass) · upper
• (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — 68–32 (pass) · lower
• (S) 3rd Reading Passed — 34–16 (pass) · upper
• (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — 34–16 (pass) · upper
• (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — 10–9 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Greg Hertz — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-05-22T21:32:57+00:00 Chapter Number Assigned became-law
• 2023-05-19T19:01:00+00:00 (S) Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-11T22:00:00+00:00 (S) Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-11T20:30:00+00:00 (H) Signed by Speaker passage
• 2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00 (S) Signed by President passage
• 2023-04-26T14:06:11+00:00 (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available enrolled
• 2023-04-26T14:06:10+00:00 (S) Returned from Enrolling
• 2023-04-22T12:46:56+00:00 (S) Sent to Enrolling
• 2023-04-21T19:51:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-04-20T20:28:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-18T14:31:54+00:00 (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
• 2023-04-18T00:58:00+00:00 (H) 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading reading-3
• 2023-04-14T20:44:00+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00 (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-04-13T21:57:25+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration reading-2
• 2023-04-12T22:20:33+00:00 (H) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration reading-2
• 2023-04-05T23:26:00+00:00 (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2023-04-05T22:05:47+00:00 (C) Printed - New Version Available
• 2023-04-05T13:00:00+00:00 (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2023-04-04T13:00:00+00:00 (H) Hearing
• 2023-04-04T00:05:30+00:00 (C) Amendments Available
• 2023-03-15T21:46:12+00:00 (H) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-03-15T21:20:43+00:00 (H) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-03-03T18:25:33+00:00 (S) Transmitted to House
• 2023-03-03T04:51:00+00:00 (S) 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2023-03-02T20:46:00+00:00 (S) 2nd Reading Passed reading-2, reading-2
• 2023-03-02T15:00:00+00:00 (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading reading-2
• 2023-02-28T22:59:00+00:00 (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2023-02-28T15:00:00+00:00 (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2023-02-28T14:59:00+00:00 (S) Hearing
• 2023-02-24T17:22:13+00:00 (S) Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2023-02-23T20:35:00+00:00 (S) First Reading reading-1
• 2023-02-23T19:40:33+00:00 (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2023-02-23T19:32:34+00:00 (S) Introduced
• 2023-02-23T15:35:11+00:00 (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2023-02-22T18:14:11+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-02-22T00:21:44+00:00 (C) Executive Director Final Review
• 2023-02-22T00:21:40+00:00 (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2023-02-21T19:10:42+00:00 (C) Draft in Assembly
• 2023-02-21T19:10:13+00:00 (C) Executive Director Review
• 2023-02-20T16:46:20+00:00 (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2023-02-20T16:46:19+00:00 (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2023-02-20T15:43:47+00:00 (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2023-02-20T15:21:01+00:00 (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2023-02-17T22:47:41+00:00 (C) Draft in Edit
• 2023-02-17T22:11:55+00:00 (C) Draft in Legal Review
• 2023-02-17T14:20:04+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2023-02-15T21:11:54+00:00 (C) Draft to Requester for Review
• 2022-09-14T17:08:08+00:00 (C) Draft Request Received receipt

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4de356d8-600c-42cb-9dcd-50b400f2817b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).