republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2021/sb-61.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Allow free fishing on Mother's Day	Allow free fishing on Mother's Day	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2021	SB 61	Montana SB 61 (2021)	bill	Fish and Wildlife Recreation/Parks/Sports	enacted	Pat Flowers	3	39	6	2020-09-10	2021-02-23	openstates	ocd-bill/7c9ca3ab-c817-4c00-869b-47e5470bbfe6	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=61&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211	30fc1f54bfe56f2a7d18678baa86fd415fcb3e75624e5c9be9024806984ef3e6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 61 (2021) — Allow free fishing on Mother's Day

Version chain

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

1. SB0061_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. SB0061_X.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 49–1 (pass) · upper
• DO PASS — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 99–1 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 99–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• BE CONCURRED IN — 18–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pat Flowers — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-09-10 Draft Request Received
• 2020-10-28 Draft in Legal Review
• 2020-11-03 Draft in Edit
• 2020-11-23 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
• 2020-11-23 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2020-11-25 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2020-11-25 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2020-11-27 Executive Director Review
• 2020-11-27 Draft in Assembly
• 2020-12-21 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2020-12-22 Introduced introduction
• 2021-01-04 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-05 Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game referral-committee
• 2021-01-12 Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
• 2021-01-14 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game committee-passage
• 2021-01-15 Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game committee-passage
• 2021-01-20 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-01-20 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2021-01-21 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-01-21 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2021-01-21 Transmitted to House
• 2021-01-25 Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks referral-committee
• 2021-01-25 First Reading reading-1
• 2021-01-28 Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
• 2021-02-04 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
• 2021-02-05 Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
• 2021-02-10 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2021-02-10 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2021-02-11 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2021-02-11 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-11 Returned to Senate
• 2021-02-12 Sent to Enrolling
• 2021-02-16 Returned from Enrolling
• 2021-02-16 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2021-02-17 Signed by President
• 2021-02-18 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-02-18 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-02-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2021-02-23 Chapter Number Assigned became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7c9ca3ab-c817-4c00-869b-47e5470bbfe6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).