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type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws regarding vehicle salvage certificates and certificates of title"
description: "Revise laws regarding vehicle salvage certificates and certificates of title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Montana SB 79 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas (Doug) Kary"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-08-31"
last_action: "2021-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5b0512d7-0504-4060-9f2f-a1d6f958db82"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=79&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "8391fe45ed7afc727dd0dfb007f8064c6687a0164c32f2e29f1546537921c2e2"
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 79 (2021) — Revise laws regarding vehicle salvage certificates and certificates of title
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0079_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0079_1.pdf)
2. **SB0079_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0079_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0079.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **961** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **480** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **130** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **991** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Douglas (Doug) Kary — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-08-31** Draft Request Received
- **2020-10-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-10-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-11-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-11-03** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-18** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-30** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2020-12-30** Executive Director Final Review
- **2020-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-06** Referred to Committee - (S) Highways and Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-14** Hearing - (S) Highways and Transportation
- **2021-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Highways and Transportation `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-01-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-01-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-01-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-01-25** Transmitted to House
- **2021-01-27** Referred to Committee - (H) Transportation `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Hearing - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Transportation
- **2021-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-02-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-12** Returned to Senate
- **2021-02-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-02-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-02-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-02-18** Signed by President
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-01** 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/5b0512d7-0504-4060-9f2f-a1d6f958db82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).