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Montana SB 172 (2021) — Provide for the religion is essential act
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- SB0172_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
- SB0172_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
- SB0172_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- DO PASS — 10–1 (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — 38–12 (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — 67–33 (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — 66–33 (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 12–8 (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — 31–19 (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — 31–19 (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — 31–19 (pass) · upper
- David Howard — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2020-11-13 Draft Request Received
- 2020-12-08 Draft to Requester for Review
- 2020-12-21 Draft to Requester for Review
- 2021-01-02 Draft to Requester for Review
- 2021-01-14 Draft in Legal Review
- 2021-01-14 Draft in Edit
- 2021-01-19 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- 2021-01-20 Draft in Input/Proofing
- 2021-01-20 Draft in Final Drafter Review
- 2021-01-20 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- 2021-01-20 Executive Director Review
- 2021-01-20 Draft in Assembly
- 2021-01-21 Draft Ready for Delivery
- 2021-01-21 Executive Director Final Review
- 2021-01-21 Draft Ready for Delivery
- 2021-02-01 Draft Delivered to Requester
- 2021-02-01 Introduced
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- 2021-02-01 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- 2021-02-02 First Reading
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- 2021-02-02 Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary
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- 2021-02-10 Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- 2021-02-12 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary
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- 2021-02-12 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary
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- 2021-02-17 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- 2021-02-17 2nd Reading Passed
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- 2021-02-18 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- 2021-02-18 3rd Reading Passed
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- 2021-02-18 Transmitted to House
- 2021-02-22 Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor
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- 2021-02-22 First Reading
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- 2021-03-10 Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
- 2021-04-08 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Business and Labor
- 2021-04-10 Printed - New Version Available
- 2021-04-12 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Business and Labor
- 2021-04-14 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- 2021-04-14 2nd Reading Concurred
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- 2021-04-15 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- 2021-04-15 3rd Reading Concurred
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- 2021-04-15 Returned to Senate with Amendments
- 2021-04-23 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- 2021-04-23 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
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- 2021-04-23 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- 2021-04-23 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
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- 2021-04-26 Sent to Enrolling
- 2021-05-01 Returned from Enrolling
- 2021-05-01 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- 2021-05-04 Signed by President
- 2021-05-04 Signed by Speaker
- 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor
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- 2021-05-10 Signed by Governor
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- 2021-05-11 Chapter Number Assigned
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Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1840d19f-4c44-4fca-9ade-d58438d2d7a8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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