---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriations by Budget Amendment"
description: "Appropriations by Budget Amendment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Montana HB 4 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Bartel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-09-18"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28886cf2-0cc8-4c89-a10d-b0a87b25783c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=4&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "668ebcc346fc98b7f1395572397cb2e1610853adec1009d94d2f075b8faa2478"
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 4 (2021) — Appropriations by Budget Amendment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0004_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0004_1.pdf)
2. **HB0004_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0004_2.pdf)
3. **HB0004_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0004_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0004.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Bartel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-18** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-21** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-08** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-08** 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`
- **2020-12-29** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Appropriations `reading-1`
- **2021-01-04** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-05** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **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
- **2021-04-26** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-26** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-26** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **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`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/28886cf2-0cc8-4c89-a10d-b0a87b25783c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).