---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise the board of outfitters and outfitting laws and enforcement"
description: "Generally revise the board of outfitters and outfitting laws and enforcement"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 275"
citation: "Montana SB 275 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Local Government Fiscal Impact", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffrey W Welborn"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 62
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-12-02"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcf0830f-e0c1-43bd-a623-a6fc6986b8af"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=275&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "b16881402ded8163266fc6088996e9b5cf4146394a73cc22c098fb0da8649545"
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 275 (2021) — Generally revise the board of outfitters and outfitting laws and enforcement

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0275_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0275_1.pdf)
2. **SB0275_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0275_2.pdf)
3. **SB0275_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0275_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0275.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **13–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **72–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **74–25** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffrey W Welborn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-29** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-04** Draft Back for Redo
- **2021-02-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-09** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-12** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-25** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-02-25** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-11** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-12** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-16** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-26** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-30** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-31** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-31** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Signed by President
- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22** 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/bcf0830f-e0c1-43bd-a623-a6fc6986b8af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).