---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize transfers and other necessary measures to implement HB2 -section A"
description: "Authorize transfers and other necessary measures to implement HB2 -section A"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 678"
citation: "Montana HB 678 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency and Disaster Services", "Fish and Wildlife", "Revenue", "State", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Bartel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 71
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-10-26"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/063d82a3-59df-4251-8439-1a162e6090e7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=678&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "4ac49a50fc34bc640bee2aed96d5b97737780fa00e3942acd2d98877ddb6208f"
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 678 (2021) — Authorize transfers and other necessary measures to implement HB2 -section A

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0678_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0678_1.pdf)
2. **HB0678_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0678_2.pdf)
3. **HB0678_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0678_3.pdf)
4. **HB0678_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0678_4.pdf)
5. **HB0678_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0678_X.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0678.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **93–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **46–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Bartel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-26** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-29** Draft On Hold
- **2021-03-09** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-03-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-15** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-22** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-24** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-24** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-29** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-30** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-30** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-03-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-30** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-31** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-07** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-14** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-14** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-15** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-20** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-27** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-27** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-04** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-04** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-14** 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/063d82a3-59df-4251-8439-1a162e6090e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).