---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cultural and Aesthetic Grants"
description: "Cultural and Aesthetic Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Montana HB 9 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Arts and Antiquities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-09-18"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a25fb0f-6a59-4e5b-9aff-6b97f7cbd409"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=9&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "f43f09c59aaf72d7a072dc90738db812c782b6dd5173bdb2228150b41eaf3e4e"
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 9 (2021) — Cultural and Aesthetic Grants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0009_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0009_1.pdf)
2. **HB0009_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0009_2.pdf)
3. **HB0009_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0009_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0009.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **22–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **77–23** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **38–11** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **80–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-18** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-21** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-02** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-03** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Appropriations `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Hearing - (H) Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Long-Range Planning
- **2021-02-17** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-25** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Referred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House
- **2021-04-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-22** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-22** 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/3a25fb0f-6a59-4e5b-9aff-6b97f7cbd409`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).