---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise certain licensing fees for investment-related advisors"
description: "Revise certain licensing fees for investment-related advisors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 694"
citation: "Montana HB 694 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "Revenue", "State", "Securities and Securities Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Hamilton"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 60
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-15"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1911749e-c33a-4569-81a9-a82ded5585f8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=694&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "e4c6e1e7bfb5bf4167cbdbf2cfebb3c1e93409511084acdef78d5377ae341154"
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 694 (2019) — Revise certain licensing fees for investment-related advisors

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0694_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0694_1.pdf)
2. **HB0694_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0694_2.pdf)
3. **HB0694_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0694_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0694.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **60–38** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **15–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Hamilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-02** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-06** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-06** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-23** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-25** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-03-27** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Hearing
- **2019-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** 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 Received
- **2019-04-02** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-03** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-11** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-18** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-04-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-18** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-25** Motion Carried
- **2019-04-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Returned to House
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1911749e-c33a-4569-81a9-a82ded5585f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).