---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise lobbying laws to update terminology and conform lobbying definition"
description: "Revise lobbying laws to update terminology and conform lobbying definition"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 1"
citation: "Montana SB 1 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas (Doug) Kary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-06-25"
last_action: "2021-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81104843-1597-4801-8f9e-e8309772fd98"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=1&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "8f641959e377614f2a0b01915fccdac7e41d807a26fe14a9907ab1ad03dc6aa5"
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 SB 1 (2021) — Revise lobbying laws to update terminology and conform lobbying definition

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0001_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0001_1.pdf)
2. **SB0001_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0001_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0001.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Douglas (Doug) Kary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-06-25** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-11** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-01** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-01** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-11** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-01-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-19** Transmitted to House
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-01-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2021-01-28** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Returned to Senate
- **2021-02-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-05** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-15** Signed by President
- **2021-02-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-16** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-02-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-02-23** 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/81104843-1597-4801-8f9e-e8309772fd98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).