---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the long range building bonding program"
description: "Revise the long range building bonding program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 652"
citation: "Montana HB 652 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Bond Issues", "Public", "Debt", "Creation of State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/299330e6-83bf-41b4-853a-5d7795f53655"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=652&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "9fb7d049db12b173e3b5eb7491f823fabf6769b7d6d09d06c653e349757fa865"
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 652 (2019) — Revise the long range building bonding program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0652_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0652_1.pdf)
2. **HB0652_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0652_2.pdf)
3. **HB0652_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0652_3.pdf)
4. **HB0652_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0652_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0652.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- AMD-004 Galt D/PASS — **87–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Usher D/PASS — **33–65** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–30** (pass) · lower
- AMD-002 White D/PASS — **35–64** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **41–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-20** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-07** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-03-07** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-03-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-07** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-03-08** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-11** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-03-18** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-18** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-18** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-30** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Returned to House
- **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`
- **2019-05-10** 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/299330e6-83bf-41b4-853a-5d7795f53655`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).