---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to disposal and destruction of public records"
description: "Generally revise laws related to disposal and destruction of public records"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 154"
citation: "Montana HB 154 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Documents", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Sullivan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4b9cd5d-10f4-4bf4-827b-68733c40be5c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=154&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "40069c3ccc5bf9baa9cb93b56e0efae53e84e83cf04d38fa4d8c9d7660db3e1c"
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 154 (2019) — Generally revise laws related to disposal and destruction of public records

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0154_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0154_1.pdf)
2. **HB0154_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0154_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0154.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Katie Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-03** 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]
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-04** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-09** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **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`
- **2019-01-24** Hearing
- **2019-01-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** 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 Senate
- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Hearing
- **2019-02-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-19** 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
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e4b9cd5d-10f4-4bf4-827b-68733c40be5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).