---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise qualifications for firefighters"
description: "Revise qualifications for firefighters"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 192"
citation: "Montana SB 192 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fires and Fire Protection", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-20"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff4bed1b-ad19-4ee3-9b6e-c0b89bf0848c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=192&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "25d2b7d307866f7a810c341d1af6adc0d54bad9807eb43d44da9b496d1f3a3e7"
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 192 (2019) — Revise qualifications for firefighters

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0192_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0192_1.pdf)
2. **SB0192_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0192_2.pdf)
3. **SB0192_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0192_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0192.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-20** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-13** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-23** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-23** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-06** Hearing
- **2019-02-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-13** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-06** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** 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/ff4bed1b-ad19-4ee3-9b6e-c0b89bf0848c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).