---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise state lottery laws"
description: "Generally revise state lottery laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 704"
citation: "Montana HB 704 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 65
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-08-07"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7271e50-41a0-49d8-8a31-882cb1c67afd"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=704&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "9305435c7942fcf66320621887f32c99ac22d22a842cc07e8a51d1eee7732723"
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 704 (2021) — Generally revise state lottery laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0704_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0799//HB0704_1.pdf)
2. **HB0704_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0799//HB0704_2.pdf)
3. **HB0704_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0799//HB0704_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0704.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **89–8** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-07** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-30** Draft On Hold
- **2021-03-23** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-03-23** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-23** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-23** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-24** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-29** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-29** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-04-06** Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-04-07** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-07** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **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) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-13** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Returned to House
- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-29** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-29** 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/f7271e50-41a0-49d8-8a31-882cb1c67afd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).