---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide options for payment of legislator session salary"
description: "Provide options for payment of legislator session salary"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 506"
citation: "Montana HB 506 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Gunderson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35a723e4-1a41-4151-99e7-02a3e5a005ef"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=506&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0d4bfa0383f4dc3f5056fc6635c7745a445526dbcec4b2fa2d10718d8b77e7bb"
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 506 (2019) — Provide options for payment of legislator session salary

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0506_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0506_1.pdf)
2. **HB0506_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0506_2.pdf)
3. **HB0506_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0506_3.pdf)
4. **HB0506_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0506_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0506.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **86–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **69–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **78–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **63–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Gunderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **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
- **2019-02-13** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-23** Hearing
- **2019-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-02** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** 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/35a723e4-1a41-4151-99e7-02a3e5a005ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).