republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/sb-297.md

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Bill	ConnectMT Act to establish broadband deployment	ConnectMT Act to establish broadband deployment	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	SB 297	Montana SB 297 (2021)	bill	Communications (see also: Information Technology) Information Technology (see also: Communications) Money Transfer Rule Making	enacted	Jason W Ellsworth	5	60	10	2020-12-01	2021-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/b1f2de8a-9e15-4b1f-bf1b-4215e179c2ed	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=297&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	c7d09e31454e9da5ac508f23c4a85f77aa77c4b6d2c95401d125e081295375c6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 297 (2021) — ConnectMT Act to establish broadband deployment

Version chain

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

1. SB0297_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0297_2.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. SB0297_3.pdf (committee substitute) — source
4. SB0297_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• DO PASS — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 46–4 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 96–4 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 48–2 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• DO PASS — 15–3 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 24–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 42–8 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 93–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jason W Ellsworth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-01 Draft Request Received
• 2021-01-28 Draft On Hold
• 2021-02-16 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2021-02-17 Draft in Legal Review
• 2021-02-17 Draft in Edit
• 2021-02-18 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2021-02-18 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2021-02-18 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2021-02-18 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-18 Executive Director Review
• 2021-02-18 Draft in Assembly
• 2021-02-18 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-18 Executive Director Final Review
• 2021-02-18 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2021-02-18 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2021-02-18 Introduced introduction
• 2021-02-18 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2021-02-19 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-02-19 Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs referral-committee
• 2021-02-25 Hearing - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs
• 2021-02-26 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs committee-passage
• 2021-02-26 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs committee-passage
• 2021-03-01 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-03-01 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-03-02 Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
• 2021-03-12 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims committee-passage
• 2021-03-12 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims committee-passage
• 2021-03-15 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-03-15 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-15 Transmitted to House
• 2021-03-17 Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-03-24 Hearing Canceled - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
• 2021-04-21 Amendments Available
• 2021-04-21 Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
• 2021-04-21 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
• 2021-04-22 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-22 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
• 2021-04-22 Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations referral-committee
• 2021-04-22 Hearing - (H) Appropriations
• 2021-04-26 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Appropriations
• 2021-04-26 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Appropriations
• 2021-04-26 Printed - New Version Available
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-27 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-04-27 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Returned to Senate with Amendments
• 2021-04-27 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-04-27 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-27 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-27 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-05-02 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-05-02 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-05-04 Signed by President
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-05-04 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-05-10 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-05-11 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b1f2de8a-9e15-4b1f-bf1b-4215e179c2ed. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).