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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Create the Montana Business Corporation Act"
+description: "Create the Montana Business Corporation Act"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 325"
+citation: "Montana SB 325 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Corporations/Partnerships/Associations", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2018-07-24"
+last_action: "2019-05-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5311be07-1b58-4764-9c63-133af5c6986b"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=325&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "b873b82bb56381305218914e94e124551bded4631ef17ed3751e7a6bb318f1a3"
+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 325 (2019) — Create the Montana Business Corporation Act
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0325_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0325_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0325_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0325_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0325_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0325_3.pdf)
+4. **SB0325_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0325_4.pdf)
+5. **SB0325_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0325_x.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0325.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMD-001 Olsen D/CONCUR — **73–25** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **9–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur As Amended — **71–29** (pass) · lower
+- AMD-002 Buttrey D/CONCUR — **52–48** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **46–3** (pass) · upper
+- ReconsAction-Redfield — **52–45** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur As Amended — **75–25** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **86–11** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-07-24** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-02-03** Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2019-02-03** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-02-03** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-02-04** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-02-05** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-02-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-02-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-03-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-03-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-03-11** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-03-11** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-03-11** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-03-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-03-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-03-12** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-03-12** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-03-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Hearing
+- **2019-03-19** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-03-19** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-03-20** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-23** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-03-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-28** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to House
+- **2019-03-29** Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-03-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-04-05** Hearing
+- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-12** Reconsidered Previous Action; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-15** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-16** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2019-04-17** Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2019-04-17** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-17** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-04-22** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-04-23** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-24** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-04-24** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-04-25** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-03** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5311be07-1b58-4764-9c63-133af5c6986b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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