republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-506.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Generally revise election laws	Generally revise election laws	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 506	Montana HB 506 (2021)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)	enacted	Paul Fielder	6	62	11	2020-08-27	2021-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/463d6647-ea1a-4cef-8631-1e2ada63e029	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=506&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	96fafd8629011faa9fae1653a2ccf8b1fdb536bdaa9074493477c5ee1912f490	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 506 (2021) — Generally revise election laws

Version chain

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

1. HB0506_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0506_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0506_3.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0506_4.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. HB0506_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 90–10 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 31–19 (pass) · upper
• Do Adopt — 30–20 (pass) · upper
• Do Adopt — 64–34 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 87–12 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 29–21 (pass) · upper
• Do Adopt — 30–20 (pass) · upper
• Do Not Concur — 94–6 (pass) · lower
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• DO PASS AS AMENDED — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Adopt — 65–35 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Paul Fielder — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-08-27 Draft Request Received
• 2021-02-10 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-02-10 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-02-10 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-02-11 Draft in Edit
• 2021-02-12 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 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
• 2021-02-17 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-02-17 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-17 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-02-18 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-18 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-02-19 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-19 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-19 Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-24 Hearing - (H) State Administration
• 2021-02-25 Amendments Available
• 2021-02-26 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-02-26 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-02-26 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
• 2021-03-19 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
• 2021-04-13 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 Not Concurred
• 2021-04-23 Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
• 2021-04-23 Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
• 2021-04-27 Hearing - (S) Free Conference
• 2021-04-27 Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
• 2021-04-27 Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-27 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-27 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2021-04-27 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2021-04-27 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
• 2021-04-28 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-04-28 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-04-28 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/463d6647-ea1a-4cef-8631-1e2ada63e029. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).