---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish affordable housing loan program"
description: "Establish affordable housing loan program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 16"
citation: "Montana HB 16 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Rule Making", "Taxation--Coal (see also: Appropriations", "Coal Tax Fund Principal)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Fern"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 79
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-07-31"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84e0bd9d-b564-481c-8338-e0632ec08f5a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=16&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "336dfee20e80dfa0844c3b7944f0b9301d6549c5fb3346dbdb063ee456171737"
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 16 (2019) — Establish affordable housing loan program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0016_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0016_1.pdf)
2. **HB0016_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0016_2.pdf)
3. **HB0016_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0016_3.pdf)
4. **HB0016_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0016_4.pdf)
5. **HB0016_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0016_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **71–29** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **67–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **67–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–18** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dave Fern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-31** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-19** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-10-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-10-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-01** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-13** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-14** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-15** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-11-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-10** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-11** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-11** Hearing
- **2019-01-25** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-01-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-29** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-30** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-30** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-05** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **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`
- **2019-02-12** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-13** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-13** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2019-04-09** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-10** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-12** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-12** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-16** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-16** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-17** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84e0bd9d-b564-481c-8338-e0632ec08f5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).