---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise double proxy marriage fee"
description: "Revise double proxy marriage fee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 709"
citation: "Montana HB 709 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Regier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-12"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94212512-c3e7-474b-afd0-3e54e3a7ab13"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=709&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "7269635aed6ab4b578550a1b7cd3360751b06a09714d25c0fcfaeeade7e284d8"
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 709 (2021) — Revise double proxy marriage fee

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0709_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0799//HB0709_1.pdf)
2. **HB0709_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0799//HB0709_2.pdf)
3. **HB0709_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0799//HB0709_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0709.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-23** Draft On Hold
- **2021-03-17** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-03-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-03-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-25** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-26** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-26** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-26** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-26** 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** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-30** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-31** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `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) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 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
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-01** 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/94212512-c3e7-474b-afd0-3e54e3a7ab13`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).