---
type: "Bill"
title: "Referendum to adopt the Montana Born-Alive Infant Protection Act"
description: "Referendum to adopt the Montana Born-Alive Infant Protection Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 167"
citation: "Montana HB 167 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion", "Referendum"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Regier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-02"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/51208b5e-3c1b-4190-bbb5-8b2ca07bf686"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=167&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "f01683d96133a4a9bd297293d0b66994114dfc3736950619861dbb51f0fc7261"
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 167 (2021) — Referendum to adopt the Montana Born-Alive Infant Protection Act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0167_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0167_1.pdf)
2. **HB0167_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0167_2.pdf)
3. **HB0167_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0167_3.pdf)
4. **HB0167_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0167_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0167.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **66–34** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **66–33** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-11** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-01-20** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (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`
- **2021-02-05** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-02-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-02-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **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 with Amendments
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Signed by President
- **2021-04-29** 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/51208b5e-3c1b-4190-bbb5-8b2ca07bf686`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).