---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise cooperative laws to provide for remote participation"
description: "Revise cooperative laws to provide for remote participation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 103"
citation: "Montana HB 103 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis Curdy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-11-21"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79f909ef-1e4f-47aa-93a9-48927c878f8e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=103&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "58ea7ecbe03606421adae6b0b5224faf5251342ad8cec23701ecbfacfa567637"
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 103 (2021) — Revise cooperative laws to provide for remote participation

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0103_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0103_1.pdf)
2. **HB0103_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0103_2.pdf)
3. **HB0103_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0103_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0103.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur As Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD-002 Gauthier D/PASS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **12–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Willis Curdy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-21** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-23** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-21** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-04** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05** First Reading - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `reading-1`
- **2021-01-07** Sponsor List Modified - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2021-01-18** Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2021-01-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee - (S) Energy and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
- **2021-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
- **2021-02-18** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-19** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-02-19** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-09** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-10** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-15** Signed by President
- **2021-03-15** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-25** 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/79f909ef-1e4f-47aa-93a9-48927c878f8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).