---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase maximum annual assessment on wheat and barley"
description: "Increase maximum annual assessment on wheat and barley"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 151"
citation: "Montana HB 151 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-16"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/068d6469-3b8e-44ff-9515-a228a0926953"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=151&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "c0e9541f0bdbcd347dbdd397cf244a3e489206e647b8c5402d2ccb264a3fcdf9"
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 151 (2019) — Increase maximum annual assessment on wheat and barley

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0151_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0151_1.pdf)
2. **HB0151_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0151_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0151.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **87–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **43–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-08** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-08** 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** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-16** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-22** Hearing
- **2019-01-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** Returned to House
- **2019-03-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-21** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/068d6469-3b8e-44ff-9515-a228a0926953`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).