---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising tax lien laws"
description: "Revising tax lien laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 201"
citation: "Montana HB 201 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Ann Dunwell"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-16"
last_action: "2019-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79cf2396-0c48-44c1-b44f-ef5a1d44ca06"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=201&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "3e26d0e4b9a73f2e9f5bcb43781cc6204d8cdc1cc467d6f598ef07980020e977"
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 201 (2019) — Revising tax lien laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0201_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0201_1.pdf)
2. **HB0201_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0201_2.pdf)
3. **HB0201_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0201_3.pdf)
4. **HB0201_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0201_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0201.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **90–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Ann Dunwell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-04** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-08** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **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
- **2019-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-23** Hearing
- **2019-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-30** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-31** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-02-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-16** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-19** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Signed by President
- **2019-03-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79cf2396-0c48-44c1-b44f-ef5a1d44ca06`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).