---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish the Brent Witham memorial highway"
description: "Establish the Brent Witham memorial highway"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Montana SB 196 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diane Sands"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9126b9ff-6e1d-49f7-b072-f00ec0d7eb64"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=196&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "df62ca29158f760c5503caaab028ed9c099a75bcf5ef91cde939d6ad93962d0a"
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 196 (2019) — Establish the Brent Witham memorial highway

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0196_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0196_1.pdf)
2. **SB0196_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0196_2.pdf)
3. **SB0196_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0196_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0196.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **85–14** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **82–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Diane Sands — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-05** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-10** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-29** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-05** Hearing
- **2019-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-06** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-18** Hearing
- **2019-02-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Returned to Senate
- **2019-02-22** 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/9126b9ff-6e1d-49f7-b072-f00ec0d7eb64`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).