---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to budget stability and managing volatility"
description: "Generally revise laws related to budget stability and managing volatility"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 330"
citation: "Montana HB 330 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "Statutory", "Interim Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 60
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-10-26"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0414d110-1ae2-485d-8467-feab0e86f9d4"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=330&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "e28508770c0ebee96e858ebb2e14a68d241fc18bf6740a18a60e2cda4a23689a"
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 330 (2021) — Generally revise laws related to budget stability and managing volatility

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0330_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0330_1.pdf)
2. **HB0330_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0330_2.pdf)
3. **HB0330_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0330_3.pdf)
4. **HB0330_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0330_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0330.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Molnar D/PASS — **24–26** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-26** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-29** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-03** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-03** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-03** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-03** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-03** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-02-14** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-02-23** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-01** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14** 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/0414d110-1ae2-485d-8467-feab0e86f9d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).