---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing requirements for emergency rules under MAPA"
description: "Providing requirements for emergency rules under MAPA"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 47"
citation: "Montana HB 47 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Rules; Revision or Repeal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wendy McKamey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-09-01"
last_action: "2021-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b424605e-1145-40f8-8075-173afb2a5ffe"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=47&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "12e3b546c88ce052b75d20cf4e70acdb343222f56ec4a8eff3ccddf9ce017340"
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 47 (2021) — Providing requirements for emergency rules under MAPA

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0047_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0047_1.pdf)
2. **HB0047_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0047_2.pdf)
3. **HB0047_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0047_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0047.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **79–21** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **15–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wendy McKamey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-01** Draft Request Received
- **2020-09-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-10-13** Draft in Edit
- **2020-10-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-10-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-27** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) State Administration `reading-1`
- **2021-01-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-07** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-20** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-01-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-31** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-31** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16** 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/b424605e-1145-40f8-8075-173afb2a5ffe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).