---
type: "Bill"
title: "Renewable Resource Bonds & Loans"
description: "Renewable Resource Bonds & Loans"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 8"
citation: "Montana HB 8 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Appropriations", "Coal Tax Fund Principal"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Keane"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 68
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2018-08-24"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48d047ba-7a3b-4257-8b17-32c570f5194e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=8&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "022b261a3d4257b18034f68d82bf120605b4d1e5efead630fac46575596c3abe"
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 8 (2019) — Renewable Resource Bonds & Loans

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0008_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0008_1.pdf)
2. **HB0008_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0008_2.pdf)
3. **HB0008_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0008_3.pdf)
4. **HB0008_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0008_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0008.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **57–41** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- ReconsAction-Keane — **88–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–36** (pass) · lower
- Suspend Joint Rules- Keane — **84–13** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–10** (pass) · lower
- PassCons-Schreiner — **41–57** (fail) · lower
- Do Pass — **56–35** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- ReconsAction-Keane — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Keane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-24** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-05** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-16** Hearing
- **2019-01-17** Scheduled for Executive Action
- **2019-01-17** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 3rd Reading Failed `failure, reading-3`
- **2019-03-23** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 3rd Reading Process `reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 3rd Reading Failed `failure, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 3rd Reading Process `reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-05** 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** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-16** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-16** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-17** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **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 with Amendments
- **2019-04-23** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-24** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** 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`
- **2019-05-07** 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/48d047ba-7a3b-4257-8b17-32c570f5194e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).