---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize county commissioners to lift agricultural covenants -limited situation"
description: "Authorize county commissioners to lift agricultural covenants -limited situation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 124"
citation: "Montana HB 124 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forrest Mandeville"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-02-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceff508e-e3a8-4e86-9d23-fd7ef98cbdfd"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=124&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "37a4b1030c30ab9c2d3b865161de9c1d8d79e330970419678206ec713839acd6"
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 124 (2019) — Authorize county commissioners to lift agricultural covenants -limited situation

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0124_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0124_1.pdf)
2. **HB0124_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0124_2.pdf)
3. **HB0124_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0124_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0124.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Forrest Mandeville — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-12** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-10** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-14** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** Hearing
- **2019-01-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Returned to House
- **2019-02-19** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-22** Signed by President
- **2019-02-25** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-28** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ceff508e-e3a8-4e86-9d23-fd7ef98cbdfd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).