---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws on declaration of emergency or disaster"
description: "Revise laws on declaration of emergency or disaster"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 90"
citation: "Montana SB 90 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Emergency and Disaster Services", "Military Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nate McConnell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-01"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24877e75-a3b5-4d4d-b147-4983b44b6504"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=90&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "eb93a376cd3fdfd539778778de38cb0cacde51a02380099eb094893dacb7a390"
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 90 (2019) — Revise laws on declaration of emergency or disaster

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0090_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0090_1.pdf)
2. **SB0090_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0090_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0090.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **94–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nate McConnell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-01** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-26** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-27** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-28** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-10** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-09** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-09** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-10** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-14** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-16** Hearing
- **2019-01-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-17** 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`
- **2019-03-29** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-01** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-05** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-06** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** 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/24877e75-a3b5-4d4d-b147-4983b44b6504`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).