---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to state finance and provide for fiscal studies"
description: "Generally revise laws related to state finance and provide for fiscal studies"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 715"
citation: "Montana HB 715 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Legislature", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "Statutory", "Interim Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 62
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-09-13"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74be13c9-c47b-4304-8146-d1b6e4a97d98"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=715&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "d3798b6309b2b939248bb23ece72077236453dfd67baf1ea15f0480e94b14319"
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 715 (2019) — Generally revise laws related to state finance and provide for fiscal studies

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0715_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0715_1.pdf)
2. **HB0715_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0715_2.pdf)
3. **HB0715_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0715_3.pdf)
4. **HB0715_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0715_4.pdf)
5. **HB0715_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0715_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0715.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **26–23** (pass) · upper
- Do Not Concur — **80–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **84–14** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **13–9** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **72–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **86–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-13** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-14** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-03-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-03-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-20** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2019-04-17** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-17** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-24** Hearing
- **2019-04-24** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-24** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **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/74be13c9-c47b-4304-8146-d1b6e4a97d98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).