---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to maintenance districts"
description: "Generally revise laws related to maintenance districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 243"
citation: "Montana SB 243 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Janet Ellis"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-28"
last_action: "2019-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f8f3194-f514-44c7-9321-66eaed65f5ec"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=243&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "af722e917ed1c4d585be5b7a41a6f2785cda57f2c00a883ca83e5cc17e34edb1"
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 243 (2019) — Generally revise laws related to maintenance districts

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0243_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0243_1.pdf)
2. **SB0243_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0243_2.pdf)
3. **SB0243_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0243_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0243.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **70–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **61–37** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–3** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Janet Ellis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-28** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-03** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-10** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-31** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-04** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-06** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-15** Hearing
- **2019-02-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-19** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-17** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f8f3194-f514-44c7-9321-66eaed65f5ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).