---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise funding for livestock loss board"
description: "Revise funding for livestock loss board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 520"
citation: "Montana HB 520 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ray L Shaw"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-07"
last_action: "2019-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0440112-f0e6-4ecd-99d4-d6295df8d97d"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=520&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "fd1ff05d45be39e36d14534608aeb1d882302655c4ae3a425e3b2dca6c0b8a77"
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 520 (2019) — Revise funding for livestock loss board

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0520_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0520_1.pdf)
2. **HB0520_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0520_2.pdf)
3. **HB0520_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0520_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0520.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **95–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **94–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ray L Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-07** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-21** Hearing
- **2019-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Hearing
- **2019-02-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-22** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Hearing
- **2019-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to House
- **2019-04-04** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-13** Signed by President
- **2019-04-16** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-29** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e0440112-f0e6-4ecd-99d4-d6295df8d97d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).