---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to childhood sexual abuse"
description: "Generally revise laws related to childhood sexual abuse"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 640"
citation: "Montana HB 640 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Procedure", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Law Enforcement (see also: Criminal Procedure)", "Legislature", "Minors (see also: Family Law)", "Revenue", "State", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shane A Morigeau"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 73
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2019-02-07"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0c8a6f7-abb6-48ac-83a5-69b94579d043"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=640&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "21fff1c8a3e2617b53645e13ee1bc53de4c96e3490ef3a29700c81b2ee13e000"
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 640 (2019) — Generally revise laws related to childhood sexual abuse

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0640_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0640_1.pdf)
2. **HB0640_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0640_2.pdf)
3. **HB0640_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0640_3.pdf)
4. **HB0640_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0640_4.pdf)
5. **HB0640_5.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0640_5.pdf)
6. **HB0640_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0640_x.pdf)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0640.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- AMD-002 Morigeau D/PASS — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- AMD-002 Esp D/PASS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shane A Morigeau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-07** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-27** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-27** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-28** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-28** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-28** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-01** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-12** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-26** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-28** Hearing
- **2019-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-04** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-04** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-05** Hearing
- **2019-04-08** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-09** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-09** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-10** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** 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/c0c8a6f7-abb6-48ac-83a5-69b94579d043`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).