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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise coal tax laws"
+description: "Generally revise coal tax laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 403"
+citation: "Montana HB 403 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Coal (see also: Appropriations", "Coal Tax Fund Principal)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2018-11-13"
+last_action: "2019-05-08"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/695be790-8317-4d3c-b46c-4d0097ecc51c"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=403&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "13ffe340f69adf1ce21c35b50baa4aeb34af2c5d2ce1350a57a22b877b5e65ff"
+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 403 (2019) — Generally revise coal tax laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0403_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0403_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0403_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0403_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0403_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0403_3.pdf)
+4. **HB0403_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0403_x.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0403.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **41–9** (pass) · upper
+- ReconsAction-Tschida — **55–43** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–1** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **10–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **60–37** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **57–42** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **59–38** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass As Amended — **59–41** (pass) · lower
+- AMD-002 Zolnikov D/PASS — **59–41** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Usher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-13** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-12-20** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-04** Draft On Hold
+- **2019-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-01-24** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-25** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-01-25** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-02-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-02-06** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2019-02-13** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-02-14** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-02-14** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-02-19** Hearing
+- **2019-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2019-03-18** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-18** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-18** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-03-19** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 3rd Reading Process `reading-3`
+- **2019-03-19** Hearing Canceled
+- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-21** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-21** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-03-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-22** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-03-23** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-04-09** Hearing
+- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2019-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2019-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-13** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2019-04-15** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
+- **2019-05-01** 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/695be790-8317-4d3c-b46c-4d0097ecc51c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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