---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish a memorial highway designation"
description: "Establish a memorial highway designation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 5"
citation: "Montana SB 5 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Roads"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russel (Russ) Tempel"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-12"
last_action: "2021-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7949367a-2ad5-41cc-b77c-5389ab36e358"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=5&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "671429a466ec58ba82e222a80a0e9d70cfb405cd425e5df4be37e95ad5fa3512"
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 5 (2021) — Establish a memorial highway designation

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0005_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0005_1.pdf)
2. **SB0005_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0005_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0005.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Russel (Russ) Tempel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-08-12** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-20** Draft in Edit
- **2020-11-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-11-06** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-11-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-11-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-11-25** Executive Director Review
- **2020-11-25** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2020-12-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2020-12-23** Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-05** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-05** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-05** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-06** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-06** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-12** Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-01-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-18** Transmitted to House
- **2021-01-20** Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2021-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2021-01-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2021-01-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-29** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-01** Returned to Senate
- **2021-02-02** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-17** Signed by President
- **2021-02-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-17** 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/7949367a-2ad5-41cc-b77c-5389ab36e358`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).