---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise tire chain laws to provide for enforcement"
description: "Revise tire chain laws to provide for enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 56"
citation: "Montana HB 56 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley M Loge"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-09-12"
last_action: "2021-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d79aad0e-59e4-43e7-8589-c3be02cc9b6b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=56&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "dd6c44f1063d0343322848ff486b658d015efd4b92fe8e1dbbd5834b25a5a987"
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 56 (2021) — Revise tire chain laws to provide for enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0056_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0056_1.pdf)
2. **HB0056_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0056_2.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0056.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **83–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **84–14** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Denley M Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-12** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-15** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-05** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Judiciary `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-10** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-12** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-01-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-21** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-02-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15** Returned to House
- **2021-03-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-22** Signed by President
- **2021-03-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-01** 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/d79aad0e-59e4-43e7-8589-c3be02cc9b6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).