---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise subdivisions of land exempted from sanitation in subdivision review"
description: "Revise subdivisions of land exempted from sanitation in subdivision review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 444"
citation: "Montana HB 444 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Planning and Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f4d0e60-2086-4f2c-9e26-89735d1aa3cb"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=444&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "f6cadd0c9d631361b9925a1892057e2c8be580bf729a51b59cb45ce02b88d645"
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 444 (2021) — Revise subdivisions of land exempted from sanitation in subdivision review

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0444_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0444_1.pdf)
2. **HB0444_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0444_2.pdf)
3. **HB0444_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0444_3.pdf)
4. **HB0444_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0444_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0444.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur As Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Friedel D/PASS — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-05** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-06** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-09** 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
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-09** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-09** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-09** 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) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2021-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-18** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-13** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-30** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-30** 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/7f4d0e60-2086-4f2c-9e26-89735d1aa3cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).