republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/hb-651.md

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Bill	Generally revise ballot initiative laws	Generally revise ballot initiative laws	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	HB 651	Montana HB 651 (2021)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues) Legislature Revenue State Rule Making	enacted	Marta Bertoglio	5	65	9	2020-12-13	2021-05-14	openstates	ocd-bill/e5b203d3-84f2-4f30-96f5-80a96ffa33e0	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=651&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	7ad0c354d81572fb3e989f00f8cdb5dea4881db1c687f765e0709ab8ab40860f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 651 (2021) — Generally revise ballot initiative laws

Version chain

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

1. HB0651_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0651_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. HB0651_3.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. HB0651_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 29–21 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 66–33 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 30–20 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 67–32 (pass) · lower
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 5–3 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 66–33 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 67–33 (pass) · lower
• BE CONCURRED IN — 10–9 (pass) · upper
• DO PASS AS AMENDED — 12–7 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Marta Bertoglio — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-13 Draft Request Received
• 2021-03-10 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-03-11 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-03-15 Draft in Edit
• 2021-03-15 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-03-17 Draft in Edit
• 2021-03-17 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-03-17 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-03-17 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-03-17 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-03-17 Executive Director Review
• 2021-03-17 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-03-17 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-03-17 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-03-17 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-03-17 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-03-18 Introduced introduction
• 2021-03-18 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-03-18 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-03-19 Referred to Committee - (H) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-03-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-25 Hearing - (H) State Administration
• 2021-03-25 Fiscal Note Received
• 2021-03-26 Fiscal Note Unsigned
• 2021-03-26 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-03-26 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
• 2021-03-29 Amendments Available
• 2021-03-31 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-03-31 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-03-31 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) State Administration committee-passage
• 2021-04-06 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
• 2021-04-06 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
• 2021-04-06 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
• 2021-04-07 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-07 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-04-08 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-08 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-08 Transmitted to Senate
• 2021-04-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-04-09 Referred to Committee - (S) State Administration referral-committee
• 2021-04-14 Hearing - (S) State Administration
• 2021-04-19 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
• 2021-04-20 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-20 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) State Administration
• 2021-04-22 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-22 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-22 Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims referral-committee
• 2021-04-26 Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
• 2021-04-26 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
• 2021-04-26 Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Finance and Claims
• 2021-04-26 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-26 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-26 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-27 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-27 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-05-04 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-05-04 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/e5b203d3-84f2-4f30-96f5-80a96ffa33e0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).