---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental Appropriations Bill"
description: "Supplemental Appropriations Bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "Montana HB 3 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-09-18"
last_action: "2021-02-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2a83eac-873a-41b4-8f28-d1db562948d2"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=3&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "28ac47aafc98929a795a996a1e1d98138c6803325ecf8f915f549a1b47bbfce3"
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 3 (2021) — Supplemental Appropriations Bill

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0003_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0003_1.pdf)
2. **HB0003_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0003_2.pdf)
3. **HB0003_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0003_3.pdf)
4. **HB0003_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0003_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0003.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **83–14** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **85–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-18** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-23** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-25** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-05** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-06** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Appropriations `reading-1`
- **2021-01-04** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-05** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-01-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-07** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-08** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-11** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-01-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-01-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-28** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-01** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-02** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-04** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-04** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-11** Signed by President
- **2021-02-11** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-18** 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/c2a83eac-873a-41b4-8f28-d1db562948d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).