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legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-294.md

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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise fees for agricultural seed licenses"
+description: "Revise fees for agricultural seed licenses"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 294"
+citation: "Montana HB 294 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-11-19"
+last_action: "2021-04-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/900ecc75-5ee5-48b5-838c-88a92863b223"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=294&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "52e317da07d472b5ba8b6253dd5aa021b4899b8819129570d91f008eccf059fe"
+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 294 (2021) — Revise fees for agricultural seed licenses
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0294_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0294_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0294_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0294_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0294.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **88–12** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **91–8** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-19** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-26** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-27** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-27** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-29** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-31** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-01** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-01** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-02** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-02-02** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-08** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (H) Agriculture
+- **2021-02-10** Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2021-02-10** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Agriculture `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-23** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-09** Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
+- **2021-03-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
+- **2021-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
+- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-17** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-17** Returned to House
+- **2021-03-18** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-24** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-25** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-25** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-01** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/900ecc75-5ee5-48b5-838c-88a92863b223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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