---
type: "Bill"
title: "Extend the Montana Indian Language Preservation Program"
description: "Extend the Montana Indian Language Preservation Program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 33"
citation: "Montana HB 33 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jonathan Windy Boy"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-09-10"
last_action: "2019-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e8b1efd-86e8-48c3-b63f-9cceba696823"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=33&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "c2abfee6b19cb5c47c37456253adb177a57371fc75e5fd7e2417b5c071a37e3a"
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 33 (2019) — Extend the Montana Indian Language Preservation Program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0033_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0033_1.pdf)
2. **HB0033_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0033_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0033.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **5–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **77–22** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **80–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **34–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jonathan Windy Boy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-10** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-05** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-07** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-10** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-14** Hearing
- **2019-01-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-04** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-04** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-13** Returned to House
- **2019-03-14** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-21** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e8b1efd-86e8-48c3-b63f-9cceba696823`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).