republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-539.md

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Bill	Generally revise laws related to county attorneys	Generally revise laws related to county attorneys	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 539	Montana HB 539 (2021)	bill	Counties (see also: Local Government) Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement) Minors (see also: Family Law)	enacted	Barry Usher	4	52	8	2020-12-01	2021-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/7d2ee7c9-c995-464c-852c-b8eb360ed9c4	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=539&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	32ad884d279d592ceff4f229050b466616a840acf633f9dcb1b3714d24a8c0d3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 539 (2021) — Generally revise laws related to county attorneys

Version chain

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

1. HB0539_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0539_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0539_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• DO PASS — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 98–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 94–5 (pass) · lower
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 100–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Barry Usher — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-01 Draft Request Received
• 2021-02-13 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-02-16 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-02-16 Draft in Edit
• 2021-02-18 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-02-19 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-02-19 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-02-19 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-19 Executive Director Review
• 2021-02-19 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-02-20 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-20 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-02-22 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-22 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-02-22 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-22 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-22 Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-23 Hearing - (H) Judiciary
• 2021-02-23 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-02-24 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary committee-passage
• 2021-02-27 Amendments Available
• 2021-02-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-27 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
• 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) Judiciary referral-committee
• 2021-03-31 Hearing - (S) Judiciary
• 2021-04-01 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
• 2021-04-06 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
• 2021-04-06 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-09 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-09 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-12 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-12 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-12 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2021-04-21 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-21 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-22 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-22 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-04-26 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-04-26 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-04-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-04-28 Signed by President
• 2021-04-28 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; origin ocd-bill/7d2ee7c9-c995-464c-852c-b8eb360ed9c4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).