---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish Helen Clarke memorial highway"
description: "Establish Helen Clarke memorial highway"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 96"
citation: "Montana SB 96 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Roads", "Indians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Susan Webber"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-02"
last_action: "2021-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5c154d84-a90e-49b9-9250-dcab6dd4549b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=96&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "e5e2f56f6c44ece316ae0295fd360aeca5d21e1fa7d0e3175f36738cae07a086"
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 96 (2021) — Establish Helen Clarke memorial highway

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0096_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0096_1.pdf)
2. **SB0096_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0096_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0096.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **88–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **10–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Susan Webber — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-02** Draft Request Received
- **2020-11-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-30** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-31** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-08** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-08** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-09** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-18** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-01-21** Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-01-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-27** Transmitted to House
- **2021-01-29** Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** Returned to Senate
- **2021-02-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-19** Signed by President
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-01** 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/5c154d84-a90e-49b9-9250-dcab6dd4549b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).