---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise public project financing laws"
description: "Generally revise public project financing laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 287"
citation: "Montana SB 287 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts (see also: Contracts)", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Sales"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-24"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/deb8ea61-1b7e-478e-9320-114851d7e1f5"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=287&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "9edaec732183620a50af08e2e3fb5b6483eecf177a09b95f8e449747774d39b8"
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 287 (2021) — Generally revise public project financing laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0287_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0287_1.pdf)
2. **SB0287_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0287_2.pdf)
3. **SB0287_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0287_3.pdf)
4. **SB0287_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0287_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0287.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **92–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walt Sales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-24** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-16** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-26** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) State Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-02** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-28** Signed by President
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/deb8ea61-1b7e-478e-9320-114851d7e1f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).