---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws relating to insurance entity organizational filings"
description: "Revising laws relating to insurance entity organizational filings"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 85"
citation: "Montana HB 85 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg DeVries"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-09-06"
last_action: "2019-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81961fa7-80a8-467e-ba3b-88bca76181fb"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=85&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "e6323fd6b3eceb4051f57f1938cc9ced4eec5a02e203f1503eeae7c88640db38"
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 85 (2019) — Revising laws relating to insurance entity organizational filings

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0085_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0085_1.pdf)
2. **HB0085_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0085_2.pdf)
3. **HB0085_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0085_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0085.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **59–40** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **60–40** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg DeVries — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-06** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-12-05** Draft Back for Redo
- **2018-12-05** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-12-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-06** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-06** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-06** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-07** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-06** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-16** Hearing
- **2019-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-30** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-31** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-31** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-31** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-02-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** Returned to House
- **2019-03-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-25** Signed by President
- **2019-03-25** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81961fa7-80a8-467e-ba3b-88bca76181fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).