---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise MDT laws for grants for courtesy cars at certain airports"
description: "Revise MDT laws for grants for courtesy cars at certain airports"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 20"
citation: "Montana HB 20 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Becky Beard"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 67
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-09-12"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9db99d29-147d-4d98-8285-ebf2d796225e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=20&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "686e862da6b57ac6296fab11760163486b2967020db32ef80ccefde9e5105af4"
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 20 (2021) — Revise MDT laws for grants for courtesy cars at certain airports

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0020_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0020_1.pdf)
2. **HB0020_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0020_2.pdf)
3. **HB0020_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0020_3.pdf)
4. **HB0020_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0020_4.pdf)
5. **HB0020_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0020_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0020.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **14–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Becky Beard — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-12** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-14** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Transportation `reading-1`
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-06** Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-12** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-16** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-03-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-03-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2021-03-25** Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Conference
- **2021-03-26** Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Conference
- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-01** Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-01** Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Conference
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-07** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 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`
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **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/9db99d29-147d-4d98-8285-ebf2d796225e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).