---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise irrigation cost deduction for irrigated property"
description: "Revise irrigation cost deduction for irrigated property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 24"
citation: "Montana HB 24 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Redfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-09-14"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f00acbb4-411c-4745-b320-8d2af366b1cc"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=24&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "84c2dfadeaf6436e1943cac9e2236d4af7444c9a3da313d38eed8abafeafab3b"
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 24 (2019) — Revise irrigation cost deduction for irrigated property

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0024_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0024_1.pdf)
2. **HB0024_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0024_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0024.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **15–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alan Redfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-14** Draft Request Received
- **2018-10-17** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-10-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-10-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-10-22** Draft in Edit
- **2018-10-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-10-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-07** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-08** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-09** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-13** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-11-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-11-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-01-08** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-14** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-14** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-15** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-17** Hearing
- **2019-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-05** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-06** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House
- **2019-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-30** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by President
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f00acbb4-411c-4745-b320-8d2af366b1cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).