---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise the unemployment insurance appeals board membership"
description: "Revise the unemployment insurance appeals board membership"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 305"
citation: "Montana SB 305 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Gauthier"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-09-25"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cc3678a1-cd77-4512-8264-28c843c14bf8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=305&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "3523cb09d71786c40b7b45d5af546a345d2c2e8334ba7d441af60d0b97026293"
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 305 (2019) — Revise the unemployment insurance appeals board membership

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0305_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0305_1.pdf)
2. **SB0305_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0305_2.pdf)
3. **SB0305_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0305_3.pdf)
4. **SB0305_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0305_4.pdf)
5. **SB0305_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0305_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0305.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **54–44** (pass) · lower
- AMD-002 Gauthier D/PASS — **44–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **55–44** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **41–9** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–8** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **35–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **40–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Terry Gauthier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-25** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-13** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-19** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-20** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **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
- **2019-02-22** 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** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** 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/cc3678a1-cd77-4512-8264-28c843c14bf8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).