---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise home inspector laws"
description: "Revise home inspector laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 269"
citation: "Montana SB 269 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret (Margie) MacDonald"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-30"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d9d5e33-3bed-4885-ba14-e2f141206837"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=269&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "6f1396db5409cefab6456448fb1ebb8327f31dcc9eed6f1683c44d6ab400f946"
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 269 (2019) — Revise home inspector laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0269_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0269_1.pdf)
2. **SB0269_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0269_2.pdf)
3. **SB0269_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0269_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0269.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **26–24** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **26–23** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **69–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **8–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Margaret (Margie) MacDonald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-30** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-30** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-04** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-09** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-16** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-02-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **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
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-03** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-23** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** 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/4d9d5e33-3bed-4885-ba14-e2f141206837`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).