---
type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibiting certain conditioning of the legislative auditor's contract"
description: "Prohibiting certain conditioning of the legislative auditor's contract"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 128"
citation: "Montana SB 128 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-10-13"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/349e433d-f1c0-4659-86de-da38ca2214ba"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=128&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "f8c50c45b28e1a512e0e4ddcf175d4334b16ad8b0a6c1334902eb2df38bd3c54"
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 128 (2021) — Prohibiting certain conditioning of the legislative auditor's contract

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0128_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0128_1.pdf)
2. **SB0128_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0128_2.pdf)
3. **SB0128_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0128_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0128.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **9–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-12** Draft Back for Redo
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-21** Referred to Committee - (S) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Hearing - (S) Legislative Administration
- **2021-02-01** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-05** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Committee - (H) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2021-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-19** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-29** 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/349e433d-f1c0-4659-86de-da38ca2214ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).