republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-163.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise and extend Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force"
description: "Revise and extend Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 163"
citation: "Montana HB 163 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Indians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyson Running Wolf"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:35:47+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-22T20:43:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8289c808-c6eb-470b-90e7-82579895a1da"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0343"
source_hash: "4f1e3f30aea0028cd48e131b68fc8e22db1817060a38ff9af45ad99a6d7c631d"
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 163 (2023) — Revise and extend Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0163.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4161)
2. **HB0163.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4166)
3. **HB0163.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4163)
4. **HB0163.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4165)
5. **HB0163.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4160)
6. **HB0163.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4162)
7. **HB0163.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4164)
8. **HB0163_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4170)
9. **HB0163_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4171)
10. **HB0163_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4172)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — **20–29** (fail) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tyson Running Wolf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-22T20:43:01+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-19T20:22:05+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11T18:40:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-11T17:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03T20:15:48+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-03T20:15:47+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-05-02T00:04:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-05-01T22:17:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-05-01T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-28T20:31:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-21T22:09:09+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-20T19:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T20:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T02:11:26+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-17T22:02:30+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-04-17T21:24:01+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-12T12:44:19+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-04-07T21:11:20+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-07T19:29:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-28T15:57:29+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-24T14:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-21T13:57:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T20:22:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-01T14:04:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-31T22:10:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T23:48:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T22:00:39+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-24T22:12:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T21:16:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T20:17:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T19:15:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T15:00:17+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-10T15:04:08+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-09T21:41:52+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-09T17:39:05+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-05T14:34:27+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T22:36:08+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-04T22:36:03+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-04T20:55:00+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-02T21:27:10+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-22T00:26:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-21T22:10:45+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-21T20:26:16+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T23:42:46+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-15T23:42:45+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-08T17:05:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-08T16:58:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-07T21:49:48+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-06T21:01:39+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-06T21:01:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-06T17:26:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-05T16:35:55+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-29T21:52:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-29T21:43:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-14T17:35:47+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/8289c808-c6eb-470b-90e7-82579895a1da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).