---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise landlord tenant laws during emergency"
description: "Revise landlord tenant laws during emergency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 430"
citation: "Montana HB 430 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency and Disaster Services", "Landlord and Tenant", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy Whitman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58f71cf1-2484-4bd3-add2-7209795caee2"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=430&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "a39237ca667cd8b55fbe70f3843b555d443e5d82a4f43801df9cf338357b3677"
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 430 (2021) — Revise landlord tenant laws during emergency

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0430_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0430_1.pdf)
2. **HB0430_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0430_2.pdf)
3. **HB0430_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0430_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0430.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **65–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **69–31** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathy Whitman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-23** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-28** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-28** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-29** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-02** Draft Back for Redo
- **2021-02-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-09** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-10** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-10** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-16** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** 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/58f71cf1-2484-4bd3-add2-7209795caee2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).