---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising laws related to Indian affairs and economic development"
description: "Revising laws related to Indian affairs and economic development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 19"
citation: "Montana HB 19 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Economic Development", "Indians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tyson Running Wolf"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 58
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:50:48+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:05:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8618f8d5-5a2a-4719-8a05-35a2ef974fcc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0364"
source_hash: "5042f4c23509bb7fffc8ec73a1bee1837169e7d22e5abdb9900dabd37e6f5d67"
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 HB 19 (2023) — Revising laws related to Indian affairs and economic development

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0019.001.002_Amendments-in-Context-final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2652)
2. **HB0019.001.002_Amendments-in-Context-final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2653)
3. **HB0019_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2658)
4. **HB0019_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2659)
5. **HB0019_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2660)
6. **HB19.1.2-Apr3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2654)
7. **HB19.1.2-sponsor draft.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2655)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **23–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tyson Running Wolf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:05:01+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:17:36+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26T14:29:01+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26T14:29:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-21T22:17:48+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-21T21:17:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T21:20:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T22:18:07+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-13T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:37:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T23:29:45+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-04-06T19:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-06T19:08:00+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-04-06T19:07:33+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-06T19:06:00+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-04-06T17:16:43+00:00** (H) Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-04-04T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-04T15:16:11+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-14T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-02-07T22:00:59+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-30T20:22:06+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30T17:43:16+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T17:42:22+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-27T21:39:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-26T00:51:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-24T22:00:53+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-19T22:20:05+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T20:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16T17:17:14+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T22:00:23+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T20:34:33+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-05T14:32:01+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-04T17:13:48+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-02T20:21:24+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-02T18:28:40+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-19T23:27:02+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-11-30T19:18:38+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-11-30T17:45:27+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-28T22:02:35+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-11-28T22:02:34+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-15T14:05:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-14T23:15:20+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-10T02:15:04+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-10T02:15:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-10-14T21:10:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-10-06T17:27:10+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-09-22T16:01:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-09-21T22:15:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-14T17:50:48+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8618f8d5-5a2a-4719-8a05-35a2ef974fcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).