---
type: "Bill"
title: "Reclamation and Development Grants"
description: "Reclamation and Development Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 7"
citation: "Montana HB 7 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Environmental Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-09-18"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ef0457f-7030-474b-821d-f90e39cc6030"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=7&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "0d65cc75f754dd3bc10be66326ba66ec8105b657e7aacbc85b2111e4150a8c3e"
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 7 (2021) — Reclamation and Development Grants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0007_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0007_1.pdf)
2. **HB0007_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0007_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0007.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-18** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-23** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-25** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-08** 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
- **2020-12-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-29** Hearing - (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 - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **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 - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (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
- **2021-04-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by President
- **2021-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** 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/7ef0457f-7030-474b-821d-f90e39cc6030`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).