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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise lien laws"
+description: "Revise lien laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 168"
+citation: "Montana SB 168 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Credit Transactions (see also: Financial Institutions)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2020-11-22"
+last_action: "2021-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e479bd9-8eb9-4875-98ce-e1b2a568a6d0"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=168&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "bd1d03b1faf2cd32c23b5c26f91341368df1f2cf8e0fdfafc18c1fad36085eb9"
+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 168 (2021) — Revise lien laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0168_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0168_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0168_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0168_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0168_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0168_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0168.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **17–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **80–18** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **84–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-11-22** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-11-25** Draft On Hold
+- **2020-12-22** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2020-12-23** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2020-12-23** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-02** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-04** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-05** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-05** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-28** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-28** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-11** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-12** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-12** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-02-16** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-12** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-16** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-25** Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-29** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-30** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-07** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-22** 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/6e479bd9-8eb9-4875-98ce-e1b2a568a6d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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