---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require professional liability coverage for certain real estate licensees"
description: "Require professional liability coverage for certain real estate licensees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 416"
citation: "Montana HB 416 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-20"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f60ab273-5f8c-4097-a140-7e085529cf54"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=416&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "cd97e548b1df3f32df17f1d9e1f8c213c53f6bf5432bfdde4f0294b45be91c14"
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 416 (2019) — Require professional liability coverage for certain real estate licensees

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0416_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0416_1.pdf)
2. **HB0416_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0416_2.pdf)
3. **HB0416_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0416_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0416.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **87–12** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **89–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-20** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-31** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-31** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-02** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-02-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-06** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-07** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-21** Hearing
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-02-22** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **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/f60ab273-5f8c-4097-a140-7e085529cf54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).