---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish a missing persons review commission"
description: "Establish a missing persons review commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Montana HB 35 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Indians", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Revenue", "State", "Safety (see also: Health)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Stewart Peregoy"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 54
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-08-25"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3c431d2-3936-44f9-bc2c-f89364c1df4a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=35&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "ae7b6278467172f8271d5a7c9b55967b4eac52f7f477f882892c4eb40f82ed1f"
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 35 (2021) — Establish a missing persons review commission

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0035_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0035_1.pdf)
2. **HB0035_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0035_2.pdf)
3. **HB0035_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0035_3.pdf)
4. **HB0035_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0035_4.pdf)
5. **HB0035_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0035_5.pdf)
6. **HB0035_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0035_X.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0035.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass As Amended — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Webber D/PASS — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Mercer D/PASS — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sharon Stewart Peregoy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-25** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-02** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-30** 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`
- **2020-12-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2020-12-29** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Judiciary `reading-1`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing Canceled - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-01-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-21** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-01-27** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-02** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-02-02** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-04** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-04** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-19** 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/e3c431d2-3936-44f9-bc2c-f89364c1df4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).