---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to county water and/or sewer districts"
description: "Generally revise laws related to county water and/or sewer districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 324"
citation: "Montana HB 324 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Sales"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9135f7ab-1301-46fc-88da-98a4bd38829a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=324&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "7a450222901a6e4d97c2336db0e1429bfe7029717947f144c1ecf13ae6b7bfcf"
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 324 (2019) — Generally revise laws related to county water and/or sewer districts

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0324_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0324_1.pdf)
2. **HB0324_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0324_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0324.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walt Sales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** 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 [CMD]
- **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
- **2019-01-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to House
- **2019-04-04** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** 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/9135f7ab-1301-46fc-88da-98a4bd38829a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).