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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise campaign finance reporting dates for municipal elections"
+description: "Revise campaign finance reporting dates for municipal elections"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 71"
+citation: "Montana HB 71 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frank Garner"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-10-13"
+last_action: "2021-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/838883ea-05d2-4d56-90a8-3cd023692d37"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=71&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "bb73721c90f5d60e072d94c52d3a3be6a7c91c256dd90ee69dc33b99d7343384"
+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 71 (2021) — Revise campaign finance reporting dates for municipal elections
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0071_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0071_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0071_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0071_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0071.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **90–5** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **94–6** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–1** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frank Garner — 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
+- **2020-12-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2020-12-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-12-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-12-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2020-12-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2020-12-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2020-12-11** Executive Director Review
+- **2020-12-12** Draft in Assembly
+- **2020-12-24** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2020-12-26** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-02** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) State Administration `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-13** Hearing - (H) State Administration
+- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-01-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-01-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-01-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-01-22** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-25** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-10** Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-19** Returned to House
+- **2021-03-22** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-25** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-09** 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/838883ea-05d2-4d56-90a8-3cd023692d37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+