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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibiting certain conditioning of the legislative auditor's contract"
+description: "Prohibiting certain conditioning of the legislative auditor's contract"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 128"
+citation: "Montana SB 128 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Legislature"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-10-13"
+last_action: "2021-04-09"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349e433d-f1c0-4659-86de-da38ca2214ba"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=128&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "f8c50c45b28e1a512e0e4ddcf175d4334b16ad8b0a6c1334902eb2df38bd3c54"
+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 SB 128 (2021) — Prohibiting certain conditioning of the legislative auditor's contract
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0128_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0128_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0128_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0128_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0128_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0128_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0128.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **67–33** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **67–33** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **9–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-13** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-05** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-06** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-07** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-12** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-19** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-01** Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
+- **2021-02-01** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-05** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-08** Printed - New Version Available
+- **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 House
+- **2021-02-25** Referred to Committee - (H) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (H) Legislative Administration
+- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Legislative Administration
+- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Legislative Administration
+- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-18** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-03-19** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-29** 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/349e433d-f1c0-4659-86de-da38ca2214ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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