---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise termination date for high performance buildings program"
description: "Revise termination date for high performance buildings program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 525"
citation: "Montana HB 525 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Energy", "Rule Making", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zach Brown"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-11-28"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64944e02-0288-4ff6-b127-9254b666c561"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=525&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "95e81dc32713273ab659ea90c6884a88237c8326342e89260e0ab666a45cf284"
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 525 (2019) — Revise termination date for high performance buildings program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0525_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0525_1.pdf)
2. **HB0525_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0525_2.pdf)
3. **HB0525_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0525_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0525.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **63–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **71–29** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Zach Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-28** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-21** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-14** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-14** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-14** 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
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Returned to House
- **2019-04-16** 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`
- **2019-05-09** 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/64944e02-0288-4ff6-b127-9254b666c561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).