---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise highway definitions, terminology, and allocation process for consistency"
description: "Revise highway definitions, terminology, and allocation process for consistency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 51"
citation: "Montana SB 51 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Roads", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dick Barrett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 67
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-07-31"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2269070-795b-4a02-98ef-2e8e9bd7d52e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=51&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "b2cab0bc346b9863b3b38e29f48841bb8d482fb644433642de2dc94b72f79a50"
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 51 (2019) — Revise highway definitions, terminology, and allocation process for consistency

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0051_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0051_1.pdf)
2. **SB0051_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0051_2.pdf)
3. **SB0051_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0051_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0051.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **47–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **65–33** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **63–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dick Barrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-31** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-21** Draft Back for Redo
- **2018-11-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-26** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-26** Draft Back for Redo
- **2018-12-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2018-12-06** Draft Back for Redo
- **2018-12-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-10** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-10** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-11** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-10** Hearing
- **2019-01-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-23** Transmitted to House
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Hearing
- **2019-02-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-07** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2019-02-11** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-07** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-03-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-28** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-02** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-03** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2269070-795b-4a02-98ef-2e8e9bd7d52e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).