---
type: "Bill"
title: "Long-Range Building Appropriations"
description: "Long-Range Building Appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 5"
citation: "Montana HB 5 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Taxation (Generally)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 71
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-09-18"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af6e6930-251f-4a2d-b1cc-495a3815d249"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=5&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "dfd4000be32e0b6bf235df4159dcfb7cd8c0e0745e61ea0d7e0cfa328802d2b6"
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 5 (2021) — Long-Range Building Appropriations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0005_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0005_1.pdf)
2. **HB0005_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0005_2.pdf)
3. **HB0005_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0005_3.pdf)
4. **HB0005_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0005_4.pdf)
5. **HB0005_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0005_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0005.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **23–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Hopkins D/PASS — **44–56** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-18** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-09** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-11** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-29** Hearing Canceled - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Appropriations `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-12** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-12** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-22** Sponsor List Modified
- **2021-01-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-26** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-01-26** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-01** Hearing - (H) Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning
- **2021-02-02** Hearing - (H) Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning
- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (H) Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning
- **2021-02-04** Hearing - (H) Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning
- **2021-02-04** Hearing Canceled - (H) Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning
- **2021-02-16** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-17** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-26** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2021-04-23** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-23** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-29** 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`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/af6e6930-251f-4a2d-b1cc-495a3815d249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).