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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise Montana Information Technology Act"
+description: "Generally revise Montana Information Technology Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 272"
+citation: "Montana SB 272 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Information Technology (see also: Communications)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gordon Vance"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2020-10-27"
+last_action: "2021-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6853484c-f512-48b3-b49c-86b0e49d586c"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=272&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "91fbbd84d4107c5543c47354cd8ab1878bc76636ae34343a6a7e4cb055fcfa4c"
+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 272 (2021) — Generally revise Montana Information Technology Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0272_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0272_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0272_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0272_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0272_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0272_3.pdf)
+4. **SB0272_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0272_4.pdf)
+5. **SB0272_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0272_X.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0272.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **61–37** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **65–35** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **17–7** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **66–34** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gordon Vance — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-27** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-02-11** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-02-12** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-12** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-17** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-17** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-02-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-17** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (S) State Administration
+- **2021-02-25** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-01** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-03-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-01** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
+- **2021-03-01** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-03-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `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** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
+- **2021-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
+- **2021-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
+- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-13** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-04-14** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
+- **2021-04-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Appropriations
+- **2021-04-14** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-04-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Appropriations
+- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-16** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-04-16** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2021-04-16** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-20** Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-30** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-30** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-11** 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/6853484c-f512-48b3-b49c-86b0e49d586c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+