---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise irrigation district election laws"
description: "Generally revise irrigation district election laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 116"
citation: "Montana SB 116 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R Salomon"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-15"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/29aa6cdc-23b2-47ac-aaf1-5e458fb4fba7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=116&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "2e362aef46654b86a52599792791df56da4d305e5032444676733ad2a1add4d4"
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 116 (2019) — Generally revise irrigation district election laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0116_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0116_1.pdf)
2. **SB0116_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0116_2.pdf)
3. **SB0116_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0116_3.pdf)
4. **SB0116_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0116_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0116.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **88–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel R Salomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-11** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-16** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-17** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/29aa6cdc-23b2-47ac-aaf1-5e458fb4fba7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).