---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase optional light motor vehicle registration fee for parks and recreation"
description: "Increase optional light motor vehicle registration fee for parks and recreation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 24"
citation: "Montana SB 24 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Indians", "Recreation/Parks/Sports", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Gauthier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 63
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-08-17"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0e43221-5b19-4685-904c-d7029745b2d1"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=24&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "2cff356083c1cb4e064cbb887fe642708d0c1e51ded349571d9c1f783509f480"
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 24 (2019) — Increase optional light motor vehicle registration fee for parks and recreation

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0024_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0024_1.pdf)
2. **SB0024_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0024_2.pdf)
3. **SB0024_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0024_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0024.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **65–31** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–7** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Webb D/CONCUR — **38–62** (fail) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Take SB 24 from F&G to 2nd Reading Gauthier — **30–16** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Gauthier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-17** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-07** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-11-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-19** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-06** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-11** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-01-29** Hearing
- **2019-02-07** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-02-08** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Hearing
- **2019-02-20** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-11** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-12** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-12** Transmitted to House
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-25** 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/b0e43221-5b19-4685-904c-d7029745b2d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).