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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise oil and gas tax and distribution laws"
+description: "Generally revise oil and gas tax and distribution laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 656"
+citation: "Montana HB 656 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Oil and Gas (see also: Mining and Minerals; Taxation--Oil and Gas)", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Oil and Gas"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Joel G Krautter"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-12-03"
+last_action: "2019-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67ab29e9-96f3-458a-b73a-f70f2fa26fe7"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=656&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "68b330d82776c68530adbf050493bb292986902be602b7ebce3687d9afa2ba13"
+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 656 (2019) — Generally revise oil and gas tax and distribution laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0656_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0656_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0656_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0656_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0656_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0656_x.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0656.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **18–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **89–10** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **89–11** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Joel G Krautter — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-03** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-01-23** Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2019-01-23** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-27** Draft On Hold
+- **2019-02-07** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2019-02-07** Draft Back for Requester Changes
+- **2019-02-09** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-02-12** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-02-13** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-02-27** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-02-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-02-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-02-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-28** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-02-28** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-02-28** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-02-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-03-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-03-13** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-03-13** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-03-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-03-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-03-19** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-03-20** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-03-20** Hearing Canceled
+- **2019-03-27** Hearing
+- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-27** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-03-27** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-03-28** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-03-28** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-10** Hearing
+- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-15** Returned to House
+- **2019-04-16** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-17** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
+- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-09** 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/67ab29e9-96f3-458a-b73a-f70f2fa26fe7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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