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type: "Bill"
title: "Providing appropriations related to law enforcement within Flathead Reservation"
description: "Providing appropriations related to law enforcement within Flathead Reservation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 656"
citation: "Montana HB 656 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Indians", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joe Read"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 82
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2020-12-02"
last_action: "2021-05-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c791f3ff-53d8-4b1c-8771-81a137fe9d2a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=656&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "4100728e4a41d22d9e752f6ebcb3c1c408a19fc4083cc736b60e3d173899cf8b"
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 656 (2021) — Providing appropriations related to law enforcement within Flathead Reservation
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0656_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0656_1.pdf)
2. **HB0656_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0656_2.pdf)
3. **HB0656_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0656_3.pdf)
4. **HB0656_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0656_4.pdf)
5. **HB0656_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0656_5.pdf)
6. **HB0656_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0656_X.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0656.pdf)
## Votes
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **127** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **2723** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **2525** (fail) · upper
- ReconsAction -Hertz — **2624** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **74** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7225** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **7623** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6634** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **2723** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **240** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Hertz D/PASS — **3020** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **7820** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **6930** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Joe Read — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-03** Draft On Hold
- **2021-03-11** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-03-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-03-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-12** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-16** 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
- **2021-03-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-19** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-03-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-29** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Appropriations `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-06** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-07** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-07** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **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) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-04-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-27** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-27** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2021-04-27** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-27** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-27** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-27** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-27** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-27** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-04-27** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 3rd Reading Failed `failure, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 3rd Reading Process `reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-28** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-28** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-29** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-29** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c791f3ff-53d8-4b1c-8771-81a137fe9d2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).