---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise special district laws"
description: "Generally revise special district laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 259"
citation: "Montana HB 259 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Bedey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-14"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/655736fa-6b4d-4b5f-8671-9d4de34ba901"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=259&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "fecc2a3e6d014fb9db100737a26c056a99328c9da28ad1cde79a438e4eeb9bf1"
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 259 (2019) — Generally revise special district laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0259_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0259_1.pdf)
2. **HB0259_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0259_2.pdf)
3. **HB0259_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0259_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0259.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Bedey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-14** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-17** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-29** Hearing
- **2019-01-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **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`
- **2019-02-15** Hearing
- **2019-02-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** Returned to House
- **2019-03-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-15** 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/655736fa-6b4d-4b5f-8671-9d4de34ba901`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).