---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow dice games to be played by patrons"
description: "Allow dice games to be played by patrons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 368"
citation: "Montana HB 368 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Lynch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-06"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c23ccf2-bbd7-4ce5-bf91-5381c8c99dee"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=368&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "69451e5ceb12ae411fdca2535a7f09d6e941eb5ba808e83482634294c2d8516e"
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 368 (2019) — Allow dice games to be played by patrons

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0368_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0368_1.pdf)
2. **HB0368_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0368_2.pdf)
3. **HB0368_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0368_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0368.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD-002 Malek D/PASS — **10–38** (fail) · upper
- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **15–4** (pass) · lower
- AMD-003 Brown D/PASS — **12–36** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **28–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-06** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-28** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-23** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-30** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-01** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-14** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-14** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** Returned to House
- **2019-03-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-19** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Signed by President
- **2019-03-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c23ccf2-bbd7-4ce5-bf91-5381c8c99dee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).