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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise lighting improvement district laws"
+description: "Generally revise lighting improvement district laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 163"
+citation: "Montana SB 163 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 47
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00e6515b-fcab-4274-9a8d-fa76b8d19f2c"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=163&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "e422f6d2574952c848e44228a9deea90c26850cddc2b38739a234d624086a4e1"
+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 SB 163 (2019) — Generally revise lighting improvement district laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0163_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0163_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0163_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0163_x.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0163.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **96–2** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-01-02** Draft On Hold
+- **2019-01-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2019-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-01-18** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2019-01-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-01-21** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-01-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-01-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-28** Hearing
+- **2019-01-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-01-31** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-05** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-02-06** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-06** Transmitted to House
+- **2019-02-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** Hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate
+- **2019-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00e6515b-fcab-4274-9a8d-fa76b8d19f2c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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