---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise grant dispersal procedures for county veterans' service offices"
description: "Revise grant dispersal procedures for county veterans' service offices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 178"
citation: "Montana HB 178 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-10-15"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/77315496-6e33-47f6-a226-74b51e91c86d"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=178&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "c092b20f06fb18460756df9130b511a20073334a80d89595e2d98af6c4999017"
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 178 (2021) — Revise grant dispersal procedures for county veterans' service offices

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0178_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0178_1.pdf)
2. **HB0178_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0178_2.pdf)
3. **HB0178_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0178_3.pdf)
4. **HB0178_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0178_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0178.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Not Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-15** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-06** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-06** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-19** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-01-27** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-03** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-14** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2021-04-14** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2021-04-20** Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-21** Hearing - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-21** Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-21** Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-28** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/77315496-6e33-47f6-a226-74b51e91c86d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).