---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revising laws related to improvement district bonds"
description: "Generally revising laws related to improvement district bonds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 299"
citation: "Montana HB 299 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues", "Public", "City Finance (see also: Local Finance)", "County Finance (see also: Local Finance)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jasmine Krotkov"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-13"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25910d2d-ad9a-4dfc-8293-7c1a778139cb"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=299&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0ff513a0922708a056f061ce05d0c2d59be773e2d1b82a63988052229d1b1c95"
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 299 (2019) — Generally revising laws related to improvement district bonds

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0299_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0299_1.pdf)
2. **HB0299_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0299_2.pdf)
3. **HB0299_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0299_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0299.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **64–36** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–36** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jasmine Krotkov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **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
- **2019-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-24** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-05** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **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`
- **2019-03-11** Hearing
- **2019-03-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** Returned to House
- **2019-03-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-19** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25910d2d-ad9a-4dfc-8293-7c1a778139cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).