---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise certain notice requirements under the Montana Major Facility Siting Act"
description: "Revise certain notice requirements under the Montana Major Facility Siting Act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 535"
citation: "Montana HB 535 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Rule Making", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Pope"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f16a0f-fce1-4682-8698-a4fe851c60c3"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=535&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "8d4d36ec2b152ae2d302db3642b4791587e7eca097613ae21a834242d50c8dad"
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 535 (2019) — Revise certain notice requirements under the Montana Major Facility Siting Act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0535_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0535_1.pdf)
2. **HB0535_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0535_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0535.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Christopher Pope — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **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
- **2019-02-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-23** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to House
- **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`
- **2019-05-10** 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/d8f16a0f-fce1-4682-8698-a4fe851c60c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).