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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise civil liability laws on personal property exempt from execution"
+description: "Revise civil liability laws on personal property exempt from execution"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 555"
+citation: "Montana HB 555 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)", "Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Matt Regier"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 76
+vote_count: 11
+first_action: "2020-11-22"
+last_action: "2021-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80bb2271-ef54-477d-9c17-56ed72cb0763"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=555&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "e8214d7b69260c636136a2dd1a440cf1328aeed81f9bdc1d5300813f944e0a4c"
+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 555 (2021) — Revise civil liability laws on personal property exempt from execution
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0555_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0555_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0555_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0555_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0555_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0555_3.pdf)
+4. **HB0555_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0555_X.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0555.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Adopt — **87–10** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Adopt — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Not Concur — **67–33** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Adopt — **90–10** (pass) · lower
+- Do Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Matt Regier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-22** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-11-25** Draft On Hold
+- **2021-01-26** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-26** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-26** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-28** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-28** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-29** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-29** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-02-15** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2021-02-15** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-18** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-23** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-23** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-31** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-14** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
+- **2021-04-14** Conference Committee Appointed
+- **2021-04-26** Conference Committee Dissolved - (S) Conference
+- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-27** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
+- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
+- **2021-04-28** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-05-04** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-05-04** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-14** 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/80bb2271-ef54-477d-9c17-56ed72cb0763`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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