---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cultural & Aesthetic Grants"
description: "Cultural & Aesthetic Grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Montana HB 9 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Woods"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-08-24"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/162bb942-8aee-468a-a20c-5ae2aa6c6042"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=9&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "9568d0ee9638bcfe36e95bb4fd2a077aec0b1317a4c49fe8ae6dc011fc24d280"
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 9 (2019) — Cultural & Aesthetic Grants

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0009_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0009_1.pdf)
2. **HB0009_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0009_2.pdf)
3. **HB0009_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0009_3.pdf)
4. **HB0009_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0009_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0009.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **37–12** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Keane D/PASS — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **77–23** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **63–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-24** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-21** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** Hearing
- **2019-01-17** Scheduled for Executive Action
- **2019-01-17** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing
- **2019-01-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-03-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-23** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to House
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/162bb942-8aee-468a-a20c-5ae2aa6c6042`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).