---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws pertaining to targeted economic development districts"
description: "Revise laws pertaining to targeted economic development districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 321"
citation: "Montana SB 321 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Hoven"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d41fb62-bd88-485a-bba1-613dabaaf5e8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=321&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "8b323777f4df18e6d7c2310291512f1095ce83b103f1f11ae5d070d38135dcc6"
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 321 (2019) — Revise laws pertaining to targeted economic development districts

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0321_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0321_1.pdf)
2. **SB0321_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0321_2.pdf)
3. **SB0321_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0321_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0321.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Hoven — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft Back for Requester Changes
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-25** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-25** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-25** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-26** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-27** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-11** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-12** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-26** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-01** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-24** 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/5d41fb62-bd88-485a-bba1-613dabaaf5e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).