---
type: "Bill"
title: "Update water and wastewater revolving loan program"
description: "Update water and wastewater revolving loan program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 62"
citation: "Montana HB 62 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Debt", "Creation of State", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-09-10"
last_action: "2021-02-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50038640-0649-4374-8a43-c823f4c47aec"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=62&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "4f6653645eff69516e9cc2ca438e3897a268642038be430a94272a74a26d26ee"
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 62 (2021) — Update water and wastewater revolving loan program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0062_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0062_1.pdf)
2. **HB0062_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0062_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0062.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **20–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-10** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-08** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-26** Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Appropriations `reading-1`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-01-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-09** Returned to House
- **2021-02-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-18** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-26** 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/50038640-0649-4374-8a43-c823f4c47aec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).