---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriations by Budget Amendment"
description: "Appropriations by Budget Amendment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Montana HB 4 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Bartel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-08-24"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/308e8fca-9551-40ea-a3a5-6cbebbc386d2"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=4&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "18f98301375ed01c0b089707efcd1e90f6481ea2c3289b02fb85bfd6b1b596a5"
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 4 (2019) — Appropriations by Budget Amendment

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0004_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0004_1.pdf)
2. **HB0004_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0004_2.pdf)
3. **HB0004_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0004_3.pdf)
4. **HB0004_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0004_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0004.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **73–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **83–16** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **90–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Bartel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-24** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-03** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-03** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-04** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** 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/308e8fca-9551-40ea-a3a5-6cbebbc386d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).