---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow cities to collect waste fees"
description: "Allow cities to collect waste fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 331"
citation: "Montana HB 331 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)", "Environmental Protection", "Revenue", "Local"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-12-01"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9651beda-409e-4665-b9ad-2692ae3ffd57"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=331&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "8dc9501bcff92ccbe6eda7550164f1143c27a86327170e6f29efc1bb192f384a"
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 331 (2019) — Allow cities to collect waste fees

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0331_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0331_1.pdf)
2. **HB0331_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0331_2.pdf)
3. **HB0331_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0331_3.pdf)
4. **HB0331_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0331_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0331.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Zolnikov D/PASS — **76–24** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-01** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-27** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-29** 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
- **2019-02-07** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-14** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-14** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** 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
- **2019-04-09** 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/9651beda-409e-4665-b9ad-2692ae3ffd57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).