---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise campaign finance report filing provisions"
description: "Revise campaign finance report filing provisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 181"
citation: "Montana HB 181 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Garner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-09-10"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/733ed643-51b5-4ab3-964a-ca33c1e3a330"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=181&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "1087ca7b107dd60da060d57c02634bc5616217df47215f0e8b39575451fd6b6f"
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 181 (2019) — Revise campaign finance report filing provisions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0181_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0181_1.pdf)
2. **HB0181_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0181_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0181.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **64–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **18–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Frank Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-10** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-26** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-27** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-28** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-29** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2018-12-31** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-03** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-03** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-03** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-23** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-09** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to House
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** 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/733ed643-51b5-4ab3-964a-ca33c1e3a330`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).