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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise criminal intent laws regarding exploitation"
+description: "Revise criminal intent laws regarding exploitation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 334"
+citation: "Montana HB 334 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes", "Developmental Disabilities", "Persons With (see also: Institutions)", "Senior Citizens (see also: Retirement)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bill Mercer"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-12-05"
+last_action: "2019-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af7b7bf4-f948-4956-ac42-0cf7d81aa3f9"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=334&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "f20634d0eec384d38cfec518492a8159344d4c49adfaa2a8af102424cbf690d3"
+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 334 (2019) — Revise criminal intent laws regarding exploitation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0334_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0334_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0334_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0334_x.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0334.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bill Mercer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-01-08** Draft On Hold
+- **2019-01-08** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-01-24** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-01-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-01-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-01-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-01-28** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-06** Hearing
+- **2019-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-02-13** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-13** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-21** Hearing
+- **2019-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-13** Returned to House
+- **2019-03-14** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-03-15** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-03-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-03-19** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-03-19** Signed by President
+- **2019-03-20** 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/af7b7bf4-f948-4956-ac42-0cf7d81aa3f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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