---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise definition of \"high-poverty county\" for Big Sky Economic Development"
description: "Revise definition of \"high-poverty county\" for Big Sky Economic Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Montana HB 19 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Stewart Peregoy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-09-12"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf4e25f9-1f19-4e22-9f9c-5bfb5c35598c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=19&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "000da7b343413a30c135720605b20378f0187d28d1908012b5d4d9399fe67e9a"
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 19 (2019) — Revise definition of "high-poverty county" for Big Sky Economic Development

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0019_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0019_1.pdf)
2. **HB0019_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0019_2.pdf)
3. **HB0019_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0019_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0019.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **70–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **27–21** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **26–23** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **64–36** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sharon Stewart Peregoy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-12** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-26** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-26** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-27** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-28** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-11-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-03** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-22** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-01-22** Hearing
- **2019-01-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-01-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** 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`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf4e25f9-1f19-4e22-9f9c-5bfb5c35598c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).