---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt certain community service act contracts from the procurement act"
description: "Exempt certain community service act contracts from the procurement act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 260"
citation: "Montana HB 260 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Planning and Development", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua Kassmier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 61
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-11-15"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9200230f-30b4-4d1d-9203-a0ad8204fb4b"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=260&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "7deee0fd619b6d73caba18041c8925029b76cabdf5867db60c49e29ec1946320"
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 260 (2019) — Exempt certain community service act contracts from the procurement act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0260_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0260_1.pdf)
2. **HB0260_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0260_2.pdf)
3. **HB0260_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0260_3.pdf)
4. **HB0260_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0260_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0260.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **76–24** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **36–63** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joshua Kassmier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-04** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-04** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-09** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-02** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-11** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-16** Hearing
- **2019-04-16** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-16** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9200230f-30b4-4d1d-9203-a0ad8204fb4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).