---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise access to military discharge records"
description: "Revise access to military discharge records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 491"
citation: "Montana HB 491 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Documents", "Military Affairs", "Privacy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moffie Funk"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 61
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-01"
last_action: "2021-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2d90e5b-8957-446e-ac91-de8d8c6682a8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=491&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "de89e056f8847a7c64e7c51a77f8b1faf9b548e5d4bbb1e9943588650855f143"
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 491 (2021) — Revise access to military discharge records

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0491_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0491_1.pdf)
2. **HB0491_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0491_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0491.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Moffie Funk — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-01** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-30** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-02** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-03** Draft Back for Redo
- **2021-02-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-03** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-06** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-06** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-06** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-22** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-23** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-23** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-14** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Returned to House
- **2021-04-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by President
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-28** 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/d2d90e5b-8957-446e-ac91-de8d8c6682a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).