---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to legislature and budgeting"
description: "Revise laws related to legislature and budgeting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 310"
citation: "Montana SB 310 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation Process", "Legislature", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "Statutory", "Interim Studies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ryan Osmundson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-09-11"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ffeec9a-d6ce-4f80-a4ca-3339a808b113"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=310&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "00cef77d3ffde2defcb40ee3098b9dd9b90b9962dcc7db131514cfa5b9a25349"
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 310 (2019) — Revise laws related to legislature and budgeting

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0310_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0310_1.pdf)
2. **SB0310_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0310_2.pdf)
3. **SB0310_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0310_3.pdf)
4. **SB0310_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0310_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0310.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **81–17** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **6–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **40–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **85–14** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ryan Osmundson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-11** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-30** 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 [KWK]
- **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
- **2019-02-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **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`
- **2019-03-20** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-03** Signed by President
- **2019-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ffeec9a-d6ce-4f80-a4ca-3339a808b113`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).