---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create transportation interim committee"
description: "Create transportation interim committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 226"
citation: "Montana SB 226 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon Vance"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/015335f6-454d-4f66-a012-0e81e69a08d6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=226&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "1615e4cd37126179bc47746b490dc23bdc95d21fa0a276b324b60035f9219990"
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 226 (2019) — Create transportation interim committee

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0226_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0226_1.pdf)
2. **SB0226_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0226_2.pdf)
3. **SB0226_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0226_3.pdf)
4. **SB0226_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0226_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0226.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **89–10** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **76–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gordon Vance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-24** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-31** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-01** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-15** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-23** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/015335f6-454d-4f66-a012-0e81e69a08d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).