---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for state employee pay plan"
description: "Provide for state employee pay plan"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 175"
citation: "Montana HB 175 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Dooling"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-12-14"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ae636c59-2abe-4d5c-8944-8ecb0a7d083f"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=175&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a96b3f7c3c5bbf4a56e42929cdd22761a88e878852cf5a121dea75b8f04f71b4"
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 175 (2019) — Provide for state employee pay plan

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0175_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0175_1.pdf)
2. **HB0175_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0175_2.pdf)
3. **HB0175_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0175_3.pdf)
4. **HB0175_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0175_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0175.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **68–31** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Keenan D/PASS — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **20–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **64–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Julie Dooling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-14** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-04** 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
- **2019-01-07** 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
- **2019-01-10** Fiscal Note Requested
- **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`
- **2019-01-14** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-14** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-22** Hearing
- **2019-01-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-14** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-02-14** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-02-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-16** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Signed by President
- **2019-03-13** 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/ae636c59-2abe-4d5c-8944-8ecb0a7d083f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).