---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish pain-capable unborn child protection act"
description: "Establish pain-capable unborn child protection act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 136"
citation: "Montana HB 136 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lola Sheldon-Galloway"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-05"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98eea5ab-3856-43f3-bdb4-2d72a0df8056"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=136&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "8eea963d8affc5bf19cc27317dbd8ebe64c16caff55c14a6c129209bb0842776"
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 136 (2021) — Establish pain-capable unborn child protection act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0136_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0136_1.pdf)
2. **HB0136_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0136_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0136.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **66–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lola Sheldon-Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-05** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-11-25** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-31** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-31** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-07** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-07** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-08** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-08** First Reading - (H) Judiciary `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-18** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-19** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-19** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-01-19** Sponsor List Modified
- **2021-01-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-21** Sponsor List Modified
- **2021-01-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-26** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-26** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-02-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-26** Returned to House
- **2021-02-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-02** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Signed by President
- **2021-04-20** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-28** 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/98eea5ab-3856-43f3-bdb4-2d72a0df8056`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).