---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establishing \"Hanna's Act\""
description: "Establishing \"Hanna's Act\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 21"
citation: "Montana HB 21 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Indians", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rae Peppers"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 67
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-09-10"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f768c837-64e0-4b2a-8d79-f5bf019975f9"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=21&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "44717ae0750d098d5dded684c2569bf3ada04df7f890d2c5880fe4a163fcaae0"
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 HB 21 (2019) — Establishing "Hanna's Act"

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0021_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0021_1.pdf)
2. **HB0021_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0021_2.pdf)
3. **HB0021_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0021_3.pdf)
4. **HB0021_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0021_4.pdf)
5. **HB0021_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0021_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0021.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend Joint Rules- Galt — **86–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **42–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rae Peppers — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-09-10** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-10-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-10-23** Draft in Edit
- **2018-10-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-10-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-07** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-08** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-11-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-01-30** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-08** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-03-29** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-01** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-08** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f768c837-64e0-4b2a-8d79-f5bf019975f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).