republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-117.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise working retiree laws under TRS"
description: "Generally revise working retiree laws under TRS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 117"
citation: "Montana HB 117 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement (see also: Senior Citizens)", "Teachers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marta Bertoglio"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-08-24T19:34:23+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:38:23+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f760405-54f7-421d-be21-d9065f461873"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0237"
source_hash: "4c4d44ef89b8ee4f9d52618fdaf0101b740730a849a83046f5e3153566180b97"
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 117 (2023) — Generally revise working retiree laws under TRS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0117.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3551)
2. **HB0117.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3552)
3. **HB0117_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3556)
4. **HB0117_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3554)
5. **HB0117_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3555)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **85–15** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **85–14** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **81–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marta Bertoglio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T20:38:23+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T15:19:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T15:45:17+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T15:44:42+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T22:25:30+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-29T20:35:32+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-03-28T21:32:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:23:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T14:00:01+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T20:31:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-20T19:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T20:33:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T22:42:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-25T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:55:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T20:21:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-18T22:28:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T22:00:35+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-13T20:44:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T20:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T20:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T18:53:09+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T15:09:29+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-05T21:23:34+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-05T16:34:24+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-05T15:00:50+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T21:09:40+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-21T16:30:14+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-14T23:47:24+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-14T17:10:50+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-13T21:21:48+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-13T21:21:47+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-30T20:18:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-30T19:54:08+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-29T01:58:01+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T01:58:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-28T17:57:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-26T20:21:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-21T19:56:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-18T18:34:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-08-24T19:34:23+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/9f760405-54f7-421d-be21-d9065f461873`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).