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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarify terminology on military titles and command authority"
+description: "Clarify terminology on military titles and command authority"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 31"
+citation: "Montana HB 31 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Military Affairs"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 40
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-10-13"
+last_action: "2021-04-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ff944e-6358-4348-a9c4-57cf7ce6ba7a"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=31&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "9dadc4669ff022af6f86790b5f039b6c87577436e1d94e2e221eea067a3c1f2f"
+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 31 (2021) — Clarify terminology on military titles and command authority
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0031_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0031_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0031_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0031_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0031_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0031_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0031.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-13** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-12-02** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2020-12-02** Draft in Edit
+- **2020-12-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2020-12-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-12-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-12-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-04** Executive Director Review
+- **2020-12-04** Draft in Assembly
+- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) State Administration `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-07** Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-01-15** Amendments Available
+- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-01-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-01-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-27** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-19** Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-26** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-29** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-29** Returned to House
+- **2021-03-30** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-16** 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/33ff944e-6358-4348-a9c4-57cf7ce6ba7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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