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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise homeowners association laws to allow remote meetings by default"
+description: "Revise homeowners association laws to allow remote meetings by default"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 145"
+citation: "Montana SB 145 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-10-05"
+last_action: "2021-04-12"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/472e7d71-f7d7-4d04-9431-5cb080e1799d"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=145&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "57da5aed1ea5c6afc42c032fac76c32e18a9607c4e4cf1538861b61bf35fa426"
+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 145 (2021) — Revise homeowners association laws to allow remote meetings by default
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0145_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0145_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0145_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0145_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0145_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0145_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0145.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **94–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-05** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-10-21** Draft On Hold
+- **2020-10-23** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2021-01-18** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-22** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-22** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-22** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-26** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-02** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-03** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-10** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-02-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-17** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-18** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-02-22** Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-03-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-03-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-22** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-03-23** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-03-26** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-03-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
+- **2021-03-31** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-03-31** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-12** 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/472e7d71-f7d7-4d04-9431-5cb080e1799d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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