---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws on supervision of certain probationers and defendants"
description: "Revise laws on supervision of certain probationers and defendants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 463"
citation: "Montana HB 463 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corrections", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Matt Regier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9833a5cd-deb5-4a4a-a0a8-769ea74b2688"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=463&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "50075aeb2481bd887f1603f5485db0ae46ff166f3081bc9531c2983e80c317f7"
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 463 (2019) — Revise laws on supervision of certain probationers and defendants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0463_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0463_1.pdf)
2. **HB0463_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0463_2.pdf)
3. **HB0463_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0463_3.pdf)
4. **HB0463_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0463_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0463.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **95–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Matt Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-11** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-22** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-07** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-08** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-12** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-12** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-18** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-18** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-19** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-19** Hearing
- **2019-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9833a5cd-deb5-4a4a-a0a8-769ea74b2688`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).