republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-1.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Feed bill to fund 68th legislative session and prepare for 2025"
description: "Feed bill to fund 68th legislative session and prepare for 2025"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1"
citation: "Montana HB 1 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-07-13T23:09:53+00:00"
last_action: "2023-01-31T01:46:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4014502b-372f-49a5-8e92-d298e8a3652d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0001"
source_hash: "6820d23293422e3bbe4fb1af37ecff3d750d373efa8437c0bdd227657685dbe3"
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 1 (2023) — Feed bill to fund 68th legislative session and prepare for 2025

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0001.001.003_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23782)
2. **HB0001.001.004_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23836)
3. **HB0001.001.010_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23728)
4. **HB0001.001.011_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23759)
5. **HB0001.002.001(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=27959)
6. **HB0001.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=27960)
7. **HB0001.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=23803)
8. **HB0001_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=161)
9. **HB0001_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=160)
10. **HB0001_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=159)
11. **HB0001_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=162)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **19–4** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **86–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-31T01:46:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-01-31T01:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-01-23T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-01-23T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-01-20T22:09:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-01-20T00:14:53+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-01-19T23:07:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-01-18T18:07:21+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-01-18T15:37:27+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-01-17T20:51:01+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-17T20:51:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T20:00:02+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T20:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-17T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Motion Carried
- **2023-01-16T23:46:13+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-01-16T20:30:31+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-11T22:38:19+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-11T16:58:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-11T15:10:30+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-10T21:12:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-09T21:42:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T21:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried `reading-2`
- **2023-01-09T21:20:34+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-09T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T20:53:44+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-06T20:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T16:21:54+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:15:22+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T16:24:27+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2022-12-23T17:33:37+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-23T17:32:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-15T17:36:41+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-14T19:35:33+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-01T20:49:43+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-01T20:25:51+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-01T19:34:38+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-01T19:34:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-01T16:14:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-01T02:20:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-29T20:38:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-29T18:31:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-07-13T23:09:53+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/4014502b-372f-49a5-8e92-d298e8a3652d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).