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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise search and rescue dog training laws"
+description: "Revise search and rescue dog training laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 641"
+citation: "Montana HB 641 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "County Officers (see also: Local Government)", "Emergency and Disaster Services", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Revenue", "Local"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gist"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2021-01-18"
+last_action: "2021-05-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b697b6cc-22c8-48b3-8988-d21a45da390a"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=641&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "6a1aea3dd8454fe3b5f5ed20d8c136dfd5cd1b29782708daae7182236a34bf45"
+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 641 (2021) — Revise search and rescue dog training laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0641_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0641_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0641_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0641_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0641.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **95–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Gist — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-18** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-03-01** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-03-10** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-03-10** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-03-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-03-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-03-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-03-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-03-11** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-03-11** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-03-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-03-12** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-03-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-03-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-03-15** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-03-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-03-16** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-16** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-06** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-06** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-04-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-22** Returned to House
+- **2021-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-07** 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/b697b6cc-22c8-48b3-8988-d21a45da390a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+