---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws on national guard state duty for special work"
description: "Revise laws on national guard state duty for special work"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 305"
citation: "Montana HB 305 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thomas Winter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-01"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ea12ea9-fe94-4792-8a8e-8d252c6f6e53"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=305&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "d9227ff01d6612a54420d39676a84f4acdb5770a223a2731ee734d0e3d6c8587"
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 305 (2019) — Revise laws on national guard state duty for special work

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0305_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0305_1.pdf)
2. **HB0305_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0305_2.pdf)
3. **HB0305_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0305_3.pdf)
4. **HB0305_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0305_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0305.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **65–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **68–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **63–36** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Thomas Winter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-01** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-19** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-14** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-02-20** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-11** Signed by President
- **2019-04-11** 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/2ea12ea9-fe94-4792-8a8e-8d252c6f6e53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).