---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal the real estate recovery account."
description: "Repeal the real estate recovery account."
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 376"
citation: "Montana HB 376 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations O-Z", "Property", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 58
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-20"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/27a5a40f-94ed-445e-ae8e-917ea3dd5aa7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=376&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "5ff9ebfa72646f5e1c661976258527e5bf02a93ec3bd855b16bee971a8395f97"
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 376 (2019) — Repeal the real estate recovery account.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0376_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0376_1.pdf)
2. **HB0376_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0376_2.pdf)
3. **HB0376_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0376_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0376.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **42–6** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **89–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-20** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-30** 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
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-01** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-06** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-21** Hearing
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-28** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to House
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/27a5a40f-94ed-445e-ae8e-917ea3dd5aa7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).