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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revising local government laws regarding elections"
+description: "Generally revising local government laws regarding elections"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 129"
+citation: "Montana HB 129 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2018-11-16"
+last_action: "2019-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5bb0ab12-9a21-425c-8828-1399730e350b"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=129&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "ddfeefa2bad62375a3802d5dac27bead2c5ac3b42dab625909e9878d98d1b3c1"
+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 HB 129 (2019) — Generally revising local government laws regarding elections
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0129_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0129_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0129_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0129_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0129_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0129_3.pdf)
+4. **HB0129_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0129_x.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0129.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMD-003 Mr President D/PASS — **29–20** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **83–14** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
+- Take HB 129 from Comm To 2nd Reading March 25-Ankney — **32–18** (pass) · upper
+- AMD-002 Brown D/PASS — **19–31** (fail) · upper
+- Do Concur As Amended — **31–18** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **83–16** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **82–17** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **83–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-16** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-11-28** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2018-12-04** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2018-12-10** Draft in Edit
+- **2018-12-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2018-12-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2018-12-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2018-12-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2018-12-14** Executive Director Review
+- **2018-12-14** Draft in Assembly
+- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2018-12-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-15** Hearing
+- **2019-01-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-18** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-01-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-01-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-01-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-01-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-01-24** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-11** Hearing
+- **2019-03-13** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
+- **2019-03-22** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
+- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-01** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
+- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-05** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-08** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5bb0ab12-9a21-425c-8828-1399730e350b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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