---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise funding for highway patrol retirement system HPORS"
description: "Revise funding for highway patrol retirement system HPORS"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 72"
citation: "Montana HB 72 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Gambling", "Public Officers and Employees", "Retirement (see also: Senior Citizens)", "Revenue", "State", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Garner"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 63
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cacbaf87-c734-4fdd-85ce-f6ad788998bf"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=72&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "4935d2f8e886a397790c4eacc5f271a257573f89fa94f4e3204e171abb12721d"
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 72 (2021) — Revise funding for highway patrol retirement system HPORS

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0072_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0072_1.pdf)
2. **HB0072_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0072_2.pdf)
3. **HB0072_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0072_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0072.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **86–14** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–7** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **83–16** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Regier M D/PASS — **46–54** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass — **80–20** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** 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
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-11** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) State Administration `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-07** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-15** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-01-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-27** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2021-01-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-23** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-23** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-26** 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
- **2021-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/cacbaf87-c734-4fdd-85ce-f6ad788998bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).