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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish interim budget committees"
description: "Establish interim budget committees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 497"
citation: "Montana HB 497 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bbd5fa1-ecf2-474c-ae9a-ede9841c36f4"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=497&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "bf737b2745c58b0c3a93bed3d6ce565b68bf67afbd3f3c7f5d717614104c8a80"
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 HB 497 (2021) — Establish interim budget committees
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0497_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0497_1.pdf)
2. **HB0497_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0497_2.pdf)
3. **HB0497_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0497_3.pdf)
4. **HB0497_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0497_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0497.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **500** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Mercer D/PASS — **982** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **195** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **7030** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **928** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **190** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **95** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7227** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **481** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **916** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-17** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-19** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-19** Referred to Committee - (H) Legislative Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-22** Hearing - (H) Legislative Administration
- **2021-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-26** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-02-26** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-26** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Legislative Administration `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-03-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2021-03-15** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (S) State Administration
- **2021-03-17** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
- **2021-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-15** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-22** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **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
- **2021-05-02** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-02** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bbd5fa1-ecf2-474c-ae9a-ede9841c36f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).