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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establish qualifications for the office of sheriff"
+description: "Establish qualifications for the office of sheriff"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 164"
+citation: "Montana HB 164 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-09-24"
+last_action: "2019-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57900be2-2b9d-40ef-96ea-c1b698d3944f"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=164&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "d5e757462598ba4ddb185649a75f63a665a825cce7c85884f9e9a2efffcd351c"
+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 164 (2019) — Establish qualifications for the office of sheriff
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0164_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0164_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0164_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0164_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0164_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0164_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0164.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **88–12** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **86–14** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **39–10** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Usher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-09-24** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-11-02** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2018-11-14** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2018-11-16** Draft in Edit
+- **2018-11-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
+- **2018-11-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2018-11-29** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2018-11-29** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2018-11-29** Executive Director Review
+- **2018-11-29** Draft in Assembly
+- **2018-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2018-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2018-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-10** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-10** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-24** Hearing
+- **2019-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-05** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-02-06** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-06** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-11** Hearing
+- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-20** Returned to House
+- **2019-03-21** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-03-22** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-03-22** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-03-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
+- **2019-03-27** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-03** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57900be2-2b9d-40ef-96ea-c1b698d3944f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+