---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal the Rail Service Competition Council"
description: "Repeal the Rail Service Competition Council"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 59"
citation: "Montana HB 59 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "State Government", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Lynch"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-08-01"
last_action: "2019-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea6d7d6f-bf61-4109-9fad-3102d912a760"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=59&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "976fa07f1838d1d70f7ffa49fb917897e56e129905cf12af7767543d3243532b"
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 59 (2019) — Repeal the Rail Service Competition Council

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0059_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0059_1.pdf)
2. **HB0059_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0059_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0059.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **92–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ryan Lynch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-01** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-02** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-11-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-05** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-20** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-23** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-17** Hearing
- **2019-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing
- **2019-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-11** Returned to House
- **2019-02-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-15** Signed by President
- **2019-02-15** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea6d7d6f-bf61-4109-9fad-3102d912a760`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).