---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising auto insurance laws related to claims history"
description: "Revising auto insurance laws related to claims history"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 117"
citation: "Montana HB 117 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Ricci"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-11-02"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b1b8814-4241-4d05-b014-1730040606ad"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=117&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "5886b4b67868f63ed327c7fc034f900f5c844fbb8ee4498cccd368f62012a0c8"
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 117 (2021) — Revising auto insurance laws related to claims history

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0117_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0117_1.pdf)
2. **HB0117_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0117_2.pdf)
3. **HB0117_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0117_3.pdf)
4. **HB0117_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0117_4.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0117.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vince Ricci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-02** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-30** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-23** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-28** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-30** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-30** 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** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** First Reading - (H) Business and Labor `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-01-21** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `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) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-15** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-10** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-15** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-16** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-22** Signed by President
- **2021-03-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** 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/8b1b8814-4241-4d05-b014-1730040606ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).