---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise gun laws"
description: "Generally revise gun laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 145"
citation: "Montana HB 145 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Guns and Weapons"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Zolnikov"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a713bf73-3f9b-4588-9163-0b24db1bfa82"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=145&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a0bf06eb144e6a439574dfb73162cbdeecf9eb68bf5fe56eab5cfe54ee6fdc3d"
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 145 (2019) — Generally revise gun laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0145_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0145_1.pdf)
2. **HB0145_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0145_2.pdf)
3. **HB0145_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0145_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0145.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-18** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-05** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-09** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Hearing
- **2019-01-21** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-01-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-01-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Returned to House
- **2019-02-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-22** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-22** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-25** Signed by President
- **2019-02-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-07** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a713bf73-3f9b-4588-9163-0b24db1bfa82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).