---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise ethics laws related to confidentiality"
description: "Revise ethics laws related to confidentiality"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 95"
citation: "Montana HB 95 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brad Tschida"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-10-13"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/379ed586-083a-46f8-9f4d-6a4fa938983c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=95&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "ca7bd67721b264103ec67f4b77d4008fbbadbde2e759c6305743ab75b4cfd7e6"
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 95 (2021) — Revise ethics laws related to confidentiality

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0095_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0095_1.pdf)
2. **HB0095_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0099//HB0095_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0095.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brad Tschida — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-13** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-21** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-01** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-24** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading - (H) State Administration `reading-1`
- **2021-01-19** 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`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-19** Returned to House
- **2021-03-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-30** Signed by President
- **2021-03-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-09** 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/379ed586-083a-46f8-9f4d-6a4fa938983c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).