--- type: "Bill" title: "Revise Montana VEBA provisions" description: "Revise Montana VEBA provisions" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2021" identifier: "HB 76" citation: "Montana HB 76 (2021)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Public Officers and Employees"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Gregory Frazer"] version_count: 3 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2020-10-13" last_action: "2021-04-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8abb862e-386b-46fa-835d-5746a0ddfe23" source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=76&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211" source_hash: "fb57fd54490994a062bf353816b6deabc5d7becfe56ad2e6d1ad71cf77b8fc2d" 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 76 (2021) — Revise Montana VEBA provisions ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **HB0076_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0076_1.pdf) 2. **HB0076_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0076_X.pdf) 3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0076.pdf) ## Votes - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - DO PASS — **20–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower - Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper - BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Gregory Frazer — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2020-10-13** Draft Request Received - **2020-12-03** Draft in Legal Review - **2020-12-03** Draft in Edit - **2020-12-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review - **2020-12-09** Draft in Input/Proofing - **2020-12-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2020-12-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically - **2020-12-11** Executive Director Review - **2020-12-11** Draft in Assembly - **2020-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically - **2020-12-15** Introduced `introduction` - **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee` - **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Business and Labor `reading-1` - **2021-01-12** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor - **2021-01-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2021-01-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage` - **2021-01-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading - **2021-01-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2` - **2021-01-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading - **2021-01-21** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2021-01-21** Transmitted to Senate - **2021-01-22** First Reading `reading-1` - **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee` - **2021-03-10** Hearing - (S) State Administration - **2021-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration - **2021-03-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration - **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading - **2021-03-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2` - **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading - **2021-03-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2021-03-16** Returned to House - **2021-03-17** Sent to Enrolling - **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling - **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available - **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker - **2021-03-26** Signed by President - **2021-03-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2021-04-01** 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/8abb862e-386b-46fa-835d-5746a0ddfe23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).