---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise Achieving Better Life Experience Act"
description: "Generally revise Achieving Better Life Experience Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 288"
citation: "Montana HB 288 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Developmental Disabilities", "Persons With (see also: Institutions)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Caferro"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-10-22"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/036fe3bf-2088-44c7-ab31-6bbccfb235e1"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=288&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "81b0565fc60a4686792c89269658cc2b9b4af85aaaadd5ecb2c3e1aa155c5112"
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 288 (2019) — Generally revise Achieving Better Life Experience Act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0288_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0288_1.pdf)
2. **HB0288_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0288_2.pdf)
3. **HB0288_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0288_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0288.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **34–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Caferro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-22** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-03** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-14** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-24** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-31** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-31** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-05** Hearing
- **2019-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-13** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-13** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** 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/036fe3bf-2088-44c7-ab31-6bbccfb235e1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).