republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2023/hb-18.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish missing persons response team training grant program"
description: "Establish missing persons response team training grant program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 18"
citation: "Montana HB 18 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Indians", "Money Transfer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyson Running Wolf"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:49:58+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:59:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/884d555c-8cde-4735-b70f-b26b9edd716e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0362"
source_hash: "8d625b60ba072bfac76c727a858bd42a0b527563b2fa755163b198c647a2d06a"
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 18 (2023) — Establish missing persons response team training grant program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0018.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2646)
2. **HB0018_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2647)
3. **HB0018_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2648)
4. **HB0018_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2649)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tyson Running Wolf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:59:01+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T16:20:00+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`
- **2023-03-23T19:48:36+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23T19:48:35+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-15T14:41:07+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-14T20:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-13T19:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09T22:12:49+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-02-08T22:00:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-07T21:53:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T02:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-01-24T18:22:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-24T13:09:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-01-23T19:01:01+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-20T19:25:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-12T22:20:50+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-12T19:06:53+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12T19:02:23+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-11T20:45:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-10T20:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-06T23:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-05T22:48:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-03T15:00:43+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:21:15+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-19T23:26:51+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-30T17:47:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T21:58:34+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-01T22:31:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-01T20:51:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-10-31T18:08:43+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-10-31T18:08:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-14T21:13:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-09-30T20:22:09+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-09-21T15:40:44+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-09-20T18:50:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-14T17:49:58+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/884d555c-8cde-4735-b70f-b26b9edd716e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).