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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Reducing the number of boards and advisory councils"
+description: "Reducing the number of boards and advisory councils"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 558"
+citation: "Montana HB 558 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Economic Development", "Fish and Wildlife", "Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Public Officers and Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Winter"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2019-01-22"
+last_action: "2019-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa3b9d2d-7ac1-48e6-96b6-0b51ce575ab1"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=558&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "9de8eb622a1c4394da4c144bd02040e35be1b63d0553767bb366e08622f689a8"
+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 558 (2019) — Reducing the number of boards and advisory councils
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0558_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0558_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0558_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0558_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0558_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0558_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0558.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **80–19** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **78–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Thomas Winter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-22** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-02-14** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-02-15** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-02-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-02-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-02-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-15** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-02-16** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-02-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-02-19** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-02-19** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-02-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-02-26** Hearing
+- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-27** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-02-27** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-28** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-02-28** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-02-28** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** Hearing
+- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned to House
+- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-12** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa3b9d2d-7ac1-48e6-96b6-0b51ce575ab1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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