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type: "Bill"
title: "Require legislative approval of national heritage areas, historic trails"
description: "Require legislative approval of national heritage areas, historic trails"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 554"
citation: "Montana HB 554 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arts and Antiquities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua Kassmier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-17"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4289b31-65e8-4a99-afb8-414610a932b7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=554&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "51616306eddb03acb06990bdab9eb765febaf36ec55b77a06706a4f69ce1baea"
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 554 (2021) — Require legislative approval of national heritage areas, historic trails
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0554_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0554_1.pdf)
2. **HB0554_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0554_2.pdf)
3. **HB0554_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0599//HB0554_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0554.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **3019** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **3119** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **7127** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **7822** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6930** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7921** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **75** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **132** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Joshua Kassmier — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-17** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-29** Draft On Hold
- **2021-01-07** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-16** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-02-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-19** 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
- **2021-02-20** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-26** Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **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) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-16** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** 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
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** 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/f4289b31-65e8-4a99-afb8-414610a932b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).