---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise and enhance penalties for criminal distribution of dangerous drugs"
description: "Revise and enhance penalties for criminal distribution of dangerous drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 391"
citation: "Montana HB 391 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Fleming"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-11-27"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d2db526-f46c-42bd-ab37-8012339278cf"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=391&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "a6b6b19afa24b7ac4ae2cdcf2f4999099fc88c198ba14673011a8b0b460b4306"
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 391 (2021) — Revise and enhance penalties for criminal distribution of dangerous drugs

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0391_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0391_1.pdf)
2. **HB0391_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0391_2.pdf)
3. **HB0391_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0399//HB0391_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0391.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **16–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **72–27** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **10–9** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Fleming D/PASS — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **67–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Frank Fleming — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-27** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-16** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-01** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-02-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-05** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-10** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-26** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-02-26** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-08** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-30** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Returned to House
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** 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/0d2db526-f46c-42bd-ab37-8012339278cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).