---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise criminal justice laws"
description: "Generally revise criminal justice laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 369"
citation: "Montana HB 369 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Indians", "Legislature", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Lynch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 61
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-06"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4c94c7a-dbba-4589-8bc4-8071d53f33d4"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=369&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a513ac3805f3fcce1553ebd0c39848c48e684a1af1fac215a8a314a84fe2a75d"
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 369 (2019) — Generally revise criminal justice laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0369_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0369_1.pdf)
2. **HB0369_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0369_2.pdf)
3. **HB0369_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0369_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0369.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **74–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **71–27** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–9** (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
- **2018-11-06** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-24** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-25** 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
- **2019-01-29** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-29** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-01** Fiscal Note Requested
- **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`
- **2019-02-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-07** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-08** Hearing
- **2019-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-15** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to House
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** 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/b4c94c7a-dbba-4589-8bc4-8071d53f33d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).