---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise prevailing wage district laws and dispatch city designations"
description: "Revise prevailing wage district laws and dispatch city designations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "Montana HB 201 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wages and Salaries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth L Holmlund"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-02"
last_action: "2021-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94ef385d-dead-445f-8861-abe69d52ba1b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=201&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "6c133fa4cdc185f8662062cd570b3722bd5979124200f988974df26349e0bceb"
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 201 (2021) — Revise prevailing wage district laws and dispatch city designations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0201_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0201_1.pdf)
2. **HB0201_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0201_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0201.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **12–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **66–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kenneth L Holmlund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-02** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-31** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-08** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-14** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing Canceled - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-11** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Returned to House
- **2021-04-06** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-07** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-07** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Signed by President
- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16** 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/94ef385d-dead-445f-8861-abe69d52ba1b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).