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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revising laws related to missing persons reports"
+description: "Revising laws related to missing persons reports"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 54"
+citation: "Montana HB 54 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Indians", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rae Peppers"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 12
+first_action: "2018-09-10"
+last_action: "2019-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2f39a88e-74ca-46e1-8282-ba2a5b9df8dc"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=54&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "dec3ecd8fc861f6ab81949747bbd84ef356078a461d453184773aba2490ba1a5"
+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 54 (2019) — Revising laws related to missing persons reports
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0054_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0054_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0054_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0054_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0054_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0054_3.pdf)
+4. **HB0054_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0054_4.pdf)
+5. **HB0054_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0054_x.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0054.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass As Amended — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Adopt — **46–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do Adopt — **47–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Adopt — **94–2** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- AMD-001 Mercer D/PASS — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Not Concur — **88–10** (pass) · lower
+- Do Adopt — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rae Peppers — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-09-10** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-10-22** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2018-10-22** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2018-11-02** Draft in Edit
+- **2018-11-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2018-11-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2018-11-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2018-11-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2018-11-21** Executive Director Review
+- **2018-11-26** Draft in Assembly
+- **2018-11-26** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2018-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2018-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2018-12-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-30** Hearing
+- **2019-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-07** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2019-02-07** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-07** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-02-09** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-09** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-20** Hearing
+- **2019-03-08** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
+- **2019-03-14** Taken from Table in Committee
+- **2019-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2019-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2019-03-14** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-05** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-10** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
+- **2019-04-10** Conference Committee Appointed
+- **2019-04-11** Conference Committee Appointed
+- **2019-04-15** Hearing
+- **2019-04-15** Conference Committee Report Received
+- **2019-04-16** Conference Committee Report Received
+- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-24** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
+- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2f39a88e-74ca-46e1-8282-ba2a5b9df8dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+