---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise recording fees to support county and state land information accounts"
description: "Revise recording fees to support county and state land information accounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 49"
citation: "Montana HB 49 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "Revenue", "State", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-09-16"
last_action: "2021-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96edc63d-43b9-4e01-a50e-21c62a8ee997"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=49&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "c1cfe430e62186a8a7e9b30083270060b5fbbb41d7f4c80d0b8289961eee8794"
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 49 (2021) — Revise recording fees to support county and state land information accounts

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0049_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0049_1.pdf)
2. **HB0049_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0049_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0049.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **63–37** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **13–4** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–32** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-16** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-27** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-27** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-27** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-29** Executive Director Review
- **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) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Local Government `reading-1`
- **2021-01-10** Hearing Canceled - (H) Local Government
- **2021-01-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-21** Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2021-02-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-15** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-18** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to House
- **2021-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-02** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-15** 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/96edc63d-43b9-4e01-a50e-21c62a8ee997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).