---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise state trade and marketing promotion activities"
description: "Revise state trade and marketing promotion activities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 523"
citation: "Montana HB 523 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Katie Sullivan"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 66
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-11-13"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e2747bf-ebd7-4f91-a734-9fe1bcf26830"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=523&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "94e24181430c4b970c07a8c7e2bb91ca23114acbe8e732a0e04202ee6aeb00d5"
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 523 (2019) — Revise state trade and marketing promotion activities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0523_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0523_1.pdf)
2. **HB0523_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0523_2.pdf)
3. **HB0523_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0523_3.pdf)
4. **HB0523_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0523_4.pdf)
5. **HB0523_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0523_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0523.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **86–14** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **87–12** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **86–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **28–20** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Katie Sullivan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-13** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-01** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-13** 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** Fiscal Note Requested
- **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
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **2019-02-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Hearing
- **2019-02-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-01** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-12** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **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/5e2747bf-ebd7-4f91-a734-9fe1bcf26830`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).