---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require fiscal notes to include business impact"
description: "Require fiscal notes to include business impact"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "Montana SB 91 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Trade Regulations and Competition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon Vance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-10-30"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdf970cf-569e-4c32-bf23-9cbd59030581"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=91&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "ea45568838180b222367862a7ad8d5239bc347c9660fe33941c8b16bef4317fa"
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 91 (2021) — Require fiscal notes to include business impact

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0091_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0091_1.pdf)
2. **SB0091_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0091_2.pdf)
3. **SB0091_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0091_3.pdf)
4. **SB0091_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0091_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0091.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **71–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Vance D/PASS — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **15–4** (pass) · upper
- Rerefer-Cohenour — **19–31** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gordon Vance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-10-30** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-16** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-06** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-06** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-06** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-11** Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-19** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-01-19** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-19** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-11** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-02-18** Motion Failed
- **2021-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-19** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-25** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-27** Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Hearing - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-09** Tabled in Committee - (H) State Administration `amendment-deferral`
- **2021-03-11** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) State Administration
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-31** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-31** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-27** Signed by President
- **2021-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-27** 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/fdf970cf-569e-4c32-bf23-9cbd59030581`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).