---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to local government budgeting and accounting"
description: "Generally revise laws related to local government budgeting and accounting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 302"
citation: "Montana SB 302 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)", "City Finance (see also: Local Finance)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Esp"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-15"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c87e9cdf-7bb9-4dbd-827d-087dc7bd1296"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=302&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "5e7c6ca1123286d53963f67180c5975ac23bf5deea34eceab072d7a65576ae4b"
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 302 (2019) — Generally revise laws related to local government budgeting and accounting

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0302_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0302_1.pdf)
2. **SB0302_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0302_2.pdf)
3. **SB0302_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0302_3.pdf)
4. **SB0302_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0302_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0302.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Esp D/PASS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- John Esp — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-15** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-19** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-26** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-26** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-08** Hearing
- **2019-03-08** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-11** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-11** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-12** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to House
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-26** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **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`
- **2019-04-10** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c87e9cdf-7bb9-4dbd-827d-087dc7bd1296`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).