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type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revising laws related to state's rights"
description: "Generally revising laws related to state's rights"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 277"
citation: "Montana SB 277 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Federal Government", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom McGillvray"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-05"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e857f687-cdfd-4716-9438-016f3765e1e3"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=277&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "3b99c56849a76e98cd9d8645dcf4e2b990fc29f4e5f61ed9c160df0c3b15bd3a"
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 SB 277 (2021) — Generally revising laws related to state's rights
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0277_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0277_1.pdf)
2. **SB0277_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0277_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0277.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **3119** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **74** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **3119** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **6535** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **5938** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **127** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Tom McGillvray — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-05** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-25** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-13** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-13** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-15** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-23** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-25** Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2021-02-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-18** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-06** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-07** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-07** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-12** Signed by President
- **2021-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** 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/e857f687-cdfd-4716-9438-016f3765e1e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).