---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise county leasing authority"
description: "Revise county leasing authority"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 104"
citation: "Montana HB 104 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marty Malone"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-19"
last_action: "2021-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e7b223a-f79a-4ada-afcd-ff0874062360"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=104&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "37e38e5bd8143433d4543fe31f6d3ca6a6c43c4bd1d82cfadf996826f533d51f"
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 104 (2021) — Revise county leasing authority

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0104_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0104_1.pdf)
2. **HB0104_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0104_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0104.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marty Malone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-19** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-20** 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
- **2021-01-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-05** Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-05** First Reading - (H) Local Government `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-19** Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2021-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2021-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Returned to House
- **2021-03-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-17** Signed by President
- **2021-03-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26** 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/4e7b223a-f79a-4ada-afcd-ff0874062360`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).