---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish county veterans' service offices"
description: "Establish county veterans' service offices"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Montana HB 172 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 88
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/241b35cf-9e80-4d62-a034-a398013e3cae"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=172&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "6eca918ffebc1b519d9933d1990e1e422eda1ff623077cff50fffe07b7c00a34"
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 172 (2019) — Establish county veterans' service offices

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0172_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0172_1.pdf)
2. **HB0172_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0172_2.pdf)
3. **HB0172_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0172_3.pdf)
4. **HB0172_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0172_4.pdf)
5. **HB0172_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0172_5.pdf)
6. **HB0172_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0172_x.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0172.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **90–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **80–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **41–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur As Amended — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Brown D/PASS — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **85–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-03** 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
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-04** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-10** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Hearing
- **2019-01-25** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-01-30** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-30** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-30** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-30** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-01** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-15** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-18** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-18** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-18** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-18** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-19** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-02** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-05** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-05** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-08** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2019-04-13** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-15** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-17** Hearing
- **2019-04-17** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-17** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-23** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-24** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **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/241b35cf-9e80-4d62-a034-a398013e3cae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).