---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow counties to establish county auditor as part-time office"
description: "Allow counties to establish county auditor as part-time office"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 104"
citation: "Montana SB 104 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Webb"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60d3514f-3484-4864-b0f4-dbdf7ec3c457"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=104&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "fe946c496555eb8d20fc6c064c7ab8be3a7fc2e29245bfced03ba96bdcce7a97"
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 SB 104 (2019) — Allow counties to establish county auditor as part-time office

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0104_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0104_1.pdf)
2. **SB0104_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0104_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0104.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **86–7** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **94–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger Webb — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-18** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-27** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-27** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-27** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-12-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-28** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-31** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-31** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Hearing
- **2019-01-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-29** Transmitted to House
- **2019-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-23** Returned to Senate
- **2019-02-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-26** Signed by President
- **2019-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-07** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60d3514f-3484-4864-b0f4-dbdf7ec3c457`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).