---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to \"blue alert\" criteria"
description: "Revise laws related to \"blue alert\" criteria"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 198"
citation: "Montana HB 198 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Neil Duram"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65e19839-2416-42f5-a449-508c80dbf25a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=198&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "ad5beb09a62590125d61487e52c333f65db07bd840417711acef596306b977bf"
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 198 (2019) — Revise laws related to "blue alert" criteria

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0198_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0198_1.pdf)
2. **HB0198_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0198_2.pdf)
3. **HB0198_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0198_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0198.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Neil Duram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-09** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-10** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-11** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-22** Hearing
- **2019-01-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Sponsors Engrossed
- **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`
- **2019-02-21** Hearing
- **2019-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Returned to House
- **2019-03-14** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65e19839-2416-42f5-a449-508c80dbf25a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).