---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise licensing, other regulations for Board of Funeral Service"
description: "Revise licensing, other regulations for Board of Funeral Service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Montana SB 63 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations E-N", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Diane Sands"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-09-07"
last_action: "2019-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e41f665-57b5-46a6-8513-4b46b37c1ded"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=63&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "314e152367351fd203c44404713aae9670997df868945eee494f5350841db6ff"
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 63 (2019) — Revise licensing, other regulations for Board of Funeral Service

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0063_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0063_1.pdf)
2. **SB0063_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0063_2.pdf)
3. **SB0063_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0063_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0063.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Diane Sands — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-09-07** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-24** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-11-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-05** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-05** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-06** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-12-07** 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
- **2018-12-10** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-03** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-07** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-17** Hearing
- **2019-01-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `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`
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Returned to Senate
- **2019-02-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-26** Signed by President
- **2019-02-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-07** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e41f665-57b5-46a6-8513-4b46b37c1ded`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).