---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws related to the state budget"
description: "Generally revise laws related to the state budget"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 352"
citation: "Montana SB 352 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation Process", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fred Thomas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2018-11-06"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/09ff57c1-1d73-4f53-9cd8-406b6bc28be7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=352&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "8e66fba3d023d5c8070bad4b5ea8b4187a6eb3c0b8b7d3339836ef63b3114a6b"
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 352 (2019) — Generally revise laws related to the state budget

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0352_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0352_1.pdf)
2. **SB0352_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0352_2.pdf)
3. **SB0352_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0352_3.pdf)
4. **SB0352_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0352_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0352.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Not Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Schreiner D/CONCUR — **46–54** (fail) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **80–20** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **75–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fred Thomas — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-06** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-31** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-21** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-03-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-21** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-03-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-22** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Hearing
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **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 with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-17** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-17** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-24** Hearing
- **2019-04-25** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-25** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-25** Motion Carried
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-05-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/09ff57c1-1d73-4f53-9cd8-406b6bc28be7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).