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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establish the religious freedom restoration act"
+description: "Establish the religious freedom restoration act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 215"
+citation: "Montana SB 215 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Religion"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Carl Glimm"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2020-12-13"
+last_action: "2021-04-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67f4bab7-0b71-472c-b67b-5a6004a35f38"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=215&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "5adc95f4c23d01a98b313e282711ce1675d2b892e3db4eed6d352efdd5e54372"
+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 215 (2021) — Establish the religious freedom restoration act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0215_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0215_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0215_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0215_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0215_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0215_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0215.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **26–24** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–7** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **59–38** (pass) · lower
+- AMD-001 Abbott D/PASS — **47–53** (fail) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **26–24** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **61–39** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Carl Glimm — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-02-03** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-04** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-06** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-06** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-07** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-08** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-09** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-11** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-16** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
+- **2021-02-16** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-03-01** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
+- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-30** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
+- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-04-06** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-07** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-07** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-12** 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/67f4bab7-0b71-472c-b67b-5a6004a35f38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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