republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-447.md

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Bill	Generally revising laws related to legislative oversight of administrative rules	Generally revising laws related to legislative oversight of administrative rules	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 447	Montana HB 447 (2021)	bill	Legislature Rule Making	enacted	Bill Mercer	5	59	8	2020-11-10	2021-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/38996fac-7196-4037-ad61-025544e494f1	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=447&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	68e970e4e763fbfa59318766179e98798054b90891c718dc49bc303778dc7634	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 447 (2021) — Generally revising laws related to legislative oversight of administrative rules

Version chain

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

1. HB0447_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0447_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0447_3.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0447_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 44–6 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 82–16 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 71–28 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 42–8 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 68–30 (pass) · lower
• DO PASS AS AMENDED — 12–7 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 93–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bill Mercer — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-11-10 Draft Request Received
• 2021-01-27 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-02-02 Draft On Hold
• 2021-02-10 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-02-11 Draft in Edit
• 2021-02-12 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-02-13 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-02-16 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-02-16 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-16 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-02-16 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-02-16 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
• 2021-02-17 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-17 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-02-17 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-17 Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-02-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-23 Hearing - (H) State Administration
• 2021-02-25 Fiscal Note Received
• 2021-02-25 Fiscal Note Signed
• 2021-02-25 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-02-25 Amendments Available
• 2021-02-25 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-02-25 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-02-25 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-03-01 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-03-01 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-03-02 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-03-02 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-02 Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-03-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-08 Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Hearing - (S) State Administration
• 2021-04-09 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
• 2021-04-12 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
• 2021-04-12 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-14 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-14 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-15 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-15 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-15 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2021-04-23 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-23 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-26 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-26 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-05-01 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-05-01 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-05-04 Signed by President
• 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-14 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/38996fac-7196-4037-ad61-025544e494f1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).