---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise emergency vehicle passing laws"
description: "Revise emergency vehicle passing laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 264"
citation: "Montana HB 264 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Traffic Regulations (see also: Motor Vehicles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 73
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-10-21"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e276b39c-7d0e-4d3d-86ce-123ce95e5f79"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=264&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "1005e95d679af576dd2a32255b6668e7abe6786794026666eda118fb01839f71"
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 264 (2021) — Revise emergency vehicle passing laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0264_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0264_1.pdf)
2. **HB0264_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0264_2.pdf)
3. **HB0264_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0299//HB0264_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0264.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **42–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-21** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-11-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-11-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-15** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-22** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-20** Draft Back for Redo
- **2021-01-20** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-25** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-25** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-27** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-27** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing Canceled - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-05** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-13** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-17** Tabled in Committee - (H) Transportation `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-02-24** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-27** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-25** Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-03-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Returned to House
- **2021-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-29** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/e276b39c-7d0e-4d3d-86ce-123ce95e5f79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).