---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise motor carrier laws"
description: "Revise motor carrier laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 77"
citation: "Montana HB 77 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-09-12"
last_action: "2021-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5350d83-a9ab-4d8c-bef1-52c71610cbd7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=77&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "0f7eb2b061fcf5d08d9a052b4e3b24c69ca520b4bd2951a373c1752d8d293c10"
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 77 (2021) — Revise motor carrier laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0077_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0077_1.pdf)
2. **HB0077_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0077_2.pdf)
3. **HB0077_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0077_3.pdf)
4. **HB0077_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0077_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0077.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- AMD-002 Schillinger D/PASS — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-12** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-14** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-03** 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) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Transportation `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-08** Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2021-01-12** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-01-18** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-01-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-20** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-02-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-15** Returned to House
- **2021-03-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-19** Signed by President
- **2021-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-26** 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/a5350d83-a9ab-4d8c-bef1-52c71610cbd7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).