---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create farmer loan assistance program by revising GTA laws"
description: "Create farmer loan assistance program by revising GTA laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 431"
citation: "Montana HB 431 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Economic Development", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zach Brown"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 75
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-11-28"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a363a3da-d701-4199-b009-d1a15a5df517"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=431&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "970022eb5d4da040cd6ac5a9f1ceea3980827b915ed4d9b5fdc3511477edf819"
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 431 (2019) — Create farmer loan assistance program by revising GTA laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0431_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0431_1.pdf)
2. **HB0431_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0431_2.pdf)
3. **HB0431_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0431_3.pdf)
4. **HB0431_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0431_4.pdf)
5. **HB0431_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0431_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0431.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **6–5** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **16–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **71–25** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **69–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **36–13** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **83–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zach Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-28** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-24** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-24** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-31** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-14** Hearing
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-03-26** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-10** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-11** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-11** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-12** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 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`
- **2019-05-10** 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/a363a3da-d701-4199-b009-d1a15a5df517`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).