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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise special district laws"
+description: "Generally revise special district laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 259"
+citation: "Montana HB 259 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-12-14"
+last_action: "2019-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/655736fa-6b4d-4b5f-8671-9d4de34ba901"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=259&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "fecc2a3e6d014fb9db100737a26c056a99328c9da28ad1cde79a438e4eeb9bf1"
+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 259 (2019) — Generally revise special district laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0259_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0259_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0259_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0259_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0259_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0259_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0259.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- David Bedey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-14** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-17** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-01-17** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2019-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-18** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-01-18** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-01-18** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-29** Hearing
+- **2019-01-31** 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`
+- **2019-02-15** Hearing
+- **2019-02-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-11** Returned to House
+- **2019-03-12** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-03-13** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-03-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-03-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
+- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/655736fa-6b4d-4b5f-8671-9d4de34ba901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+