---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for construction of the Montana Heritage Center and create museum grants"
description: "Provide for construction of the Montana Heritage Center and create museum grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 338"
citation: "Montana SB 338 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Arts and Antiquities", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Terry Gauthier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 60
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/154c74bc-0887-4a6f-9f02-a3c6f10bd060"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=338&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "73eebb1bc9ff4cec4544552c12495fd6c7302cad9a856ff572048a0efd1cb443"
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 338 (2019) — Provide for construction of the Montana Heritage Center and create museum grants

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0338_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0338_1.pdf)
2. **SB0338_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0338_2.pdf)
3. **SB0338_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0338_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0338.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **56–44** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–16** (pass) · upper
- Take SB 338 From Comm Dooling — **64–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **58–40** (pass) · lower
- AMD-002 Lenz D/CONCUR — **37–62** (fail) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–9** (pass) · upper
- AMD-003 Redfield D/CONCUR — **39–61** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Terry Gauthier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-27** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-27** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-27** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-03-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-13** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-14** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-03-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-23** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-10** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-12** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-04-18** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Hearing
- **2019-04-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-25** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-05-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/154c74bc-0887-4a6f-9f02-a3c6f10bd060`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).