---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Board of Crime Control laws to remove duty to hear POST Council appeals"
description: "Revise Board of Crime Control laws to remove duty to hear POST Council appeals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 28"
citation: "Montana HB 28 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Fleming"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-09-16"
last_action: "2021-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1797f0c0-05d5-4090-bbbf-993985ba0f10"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=28&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "c6462c594744f84a45d32326046a73d73e02b5b3427de77ad7e80be2411a9ddc"
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 28 (2021) — Revise Board of Crime Control laws to remove duty to hear POST Council appeals

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0028_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0028_1.pdf)
2. **HB0028_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0028_2.pdf)
3. **HB0028_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0028_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0028.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD001 Fleming D/PASS — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **83–13** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Fleming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-16** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-08** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Judiciary `reading-1`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-01-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-14** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-01-14** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-01-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-18** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-01-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-10** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Returned to House
- **2021-03-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-18** Signed by President
- **2021-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26** 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/1797f0c0-05d5-4090-bbbf-993985ba0f10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).