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type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for a donation-funded state indigent funeral account"
description: "Provide for a donation-funded state indigent funeral account"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 609"
citation: "Montana HB 609 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scot Kerns"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4802b662-2d48-4981-8b33-258a87b3a8b6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=609&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "a963b6fbf935e8f399bac2b415e6a186a1f1a01e07cbc386aa79ce95ff28e21b"
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 609 (2021) — Provide for a donation-funded state indigent funeral account
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0609_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0609_1.pdf)
2. **HB0609_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0609_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0609.pdf)
## Votes
- DO PASS — **200** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **490** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **919** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **500** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **100** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **8911** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Scot Kerns — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-04** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-16** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-23** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-24** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-24** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-24** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-24** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-24** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-16** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-17** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-30** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Returned to House
- **2021-04-01** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-06** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-06** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16** 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/4802b662-2d48-4981-8b33-258a87b3a8b6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).