---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reauthorizing the e-rate broadband program"
description: "Reauthorizing the e-rate broadband program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Montana HB 181 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Zolnikov"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 56
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-09-15"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ce1f572-a355-45bf-b35c-8375ee5fc4e6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=181&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "093b59298bd37926606561016e728587ce02b0a93119127e2c074252e841554a"
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 181 (2021) — Reauthorizing the e-rate broadband program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0181_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0181_1.pdf)
2. **HB0181_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0181_2.pdf)
3. **HB0181_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0181_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0181.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katie Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-15** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-08** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-19** Referred to Committee - (H) Education `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-27** Hearing - (H) Education
- **2021-03-01** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Education `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-19** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-22** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-22** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Referred to Committee - (S) Education and Cultural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Education and Cultural Resources
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House
- **2021-04-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** 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/9ce1f572-a355-45bf-b35c-8375ee5fc4e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).