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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise compensation for sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputy sheriffs"
+description: "Revise compensation for sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputy sheriffs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 238"
+citation: "Montana SB 238 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["City Officers (see also: Local Government)", "County Officers (see also: Local Government)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Wages and Salaries"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Terry Gauthier"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-08-27"
+last_action: "2021-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2842d4ee-e9ce-463c-a2f4-03bfc6be7f5e"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=238&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "49d5566819299e2da06f593f415f3b99bf531cd6b539304038819f342db3b2fc"
+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 238 (2021) — Revise compensation for sheriffs, undersheriffs, and deputy sheriffs
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0238_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0238_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0238_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0238_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0238.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS — **6–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **95–5** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **92–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **37–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Terry Gauthier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-08-27** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-02-08** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-08** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-09** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-10** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-10** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-10** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-10** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-10** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-12** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-02-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-15** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-17** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-02-17** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-19** Hearing - (S) Local Government
+- **2021-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-03-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-16** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-18** Hearing - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
+- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-14** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-14** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-29** 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/2842d4ee-e9ce-463c-a2f4-03bfc6be7f5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+