---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt conservation districts from certain fees"
description: "Exempt conservation districts from certain fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 328"
citation: "Montana HB 328 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Redfield"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 57
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-16"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e79a141-8879-43e2-ab76-7313704364e2"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=328&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "5f38a0317ab2434d1ebfed5725a1a25d8b9ed534be828b8461d5539d322db0a3"
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 328 (2019) — Exempt conservation districts from certain fees

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0328_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0328_1.pdf)
2. **HB0328_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0328_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0328.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- AMD-002 Curdy D/PASS — **34–65** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **80–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Redfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-10** Draft On Hold
- **2018-12-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2018-12-12** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-12-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-05** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-07** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-28** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Requested
- **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
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-11** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-02-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-23** 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/2e79a141-8879-43e2-ab76-7313704364e2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).