republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/sb-53.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to weights and measures"
description: "Revise laws related to weights and measures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 53"
citation: "Montana SB 53 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment and Labor (same as: Labor and Employment)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-19T13:52:11+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-24T18:34:08+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6f31132-f8e0-41de-8de9-35380690625a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0400"
source_hash: "ec19120d17b4389a9ad4d300282b7ab8087cda270efb1f8083776746a973e5f6"
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 53 (2023) — Revise laws related to weights and measures

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0053.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3229)
2. **SB0053001SCS18799.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10717)
3. **SB0053_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1957)
4. **SB0053_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1958)
5. **SB0053_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1956)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24T18:34:08+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-24T15:47:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T21:45:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14T16:43:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-07T17:20:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T23:03:54+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T23:03:10+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T18:33:39+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T13:08:28+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-28T20:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T20:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:14:43+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:42:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T21:38:26+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-26T21:42:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T20:10:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-20T16:29:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-14T19:03:38+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-05T15:30:40+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:00:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:24:13+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-15T00:22:02+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2022-12-15T00:21:55+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2022-12-14T23:51:11+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-14T15:27:09+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-12T23:18:08+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-09T23:16:14+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-09T23:16:13+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-10T23:04:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-10T19:57:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-03T19:03:25+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-03T19:03:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-03T15:55:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-02T20:58:22+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-10-28T17:43:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-10-27T19:32:02+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-27T18:37:52+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-09-19T13:52:11+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/e6f31132-f8e0-41de-8de9-35380690625a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).