---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require elected official approval of local health board and officer actions"
description: "Require elected official approval of local health board and officer actions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 121"
citation: "Montana HB 121 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-10-15"
last_action: "2021-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db0cdf7b-d39b-4dd1-954f-a84bd56c0860"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=121&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "4b850d33d407eaebb505e00736e3576007c6249e61ef2e033bee89d47fb9f79a"
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 121 (2021) — Require elected official approval of local health board and officer actions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0121_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0121_1.pdf)
2. **HB0121_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0121_2.pdf)
3. **HB0121_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0121_3.pdf)
4. **HB0121_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0121_4.pdf)
5. **HB0121_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0121_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0121.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–31** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Buttrey D/PASS — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **70–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-15** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-16** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-23** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-06** First Reading - (H) Local Government `reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-14** Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2021-01-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-02-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Returned to House
- **2021-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-30** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-30** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Signed by President
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16** 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/db0cdf7b-d39b-4dd1-954f-a84bd56c0860`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).