---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish compensation program for wrongfully convicted individuals"
description: "Establish compensation program for wrongfully convicted individuals"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 92"
citation: "Montana HB 92 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy Kelker"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 96
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2020-09-24"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ec86b4c-2404-4dca-9956-c44ab4ae1bec"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=92&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "f7c9e82188128c2e5338260efa7003ca22f6ece3b20f00b855dd630563f6093f"
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 92 (2021) — Establish compensation program for wrongfully convicted individuals

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0092_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0092_1.pdf)
2. **HB0092_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0092_2.pdf)
3. **HB0092_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0092_3.pdf)
4. **HB0092_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0092_4.pdf)
5. **HB0092_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0092_5.pdf)
6. **HB0092_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0092_X.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0092.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **84–16** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **88–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **76–22** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **79–17** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **88–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathy Kelker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-24** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-01** Draft On Hold
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-04** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-15** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2020-12-29** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) Judiciary `reading-1`
- **2021-01-06** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-01-10** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-13** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-19** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Hearing Canceled - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-01-26** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-01-27** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-27** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-27** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-27** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-01** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-02-02** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-02** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-02** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-02** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-02** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-11** Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-02-24** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-16** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-17** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-23** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by President
- **2021-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Transmitted to Senate for Consideration of Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-29** Returned to House Concurred in Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2021-04-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-04** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Signed by President
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** 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/6ec86b4c-2404-4dca-9956-c44ab4ae1bec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).