---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise county weed laws"
description: "Revise county weed laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 142"
citation: "Montana HB 142 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joshua Kassmier"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-11-02"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c39fd91-5313-47b6-964b-0247de74b570"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=142&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "830d036c944402a31f84c8c0ff509b10b7c17a4836d985e597adc7af5b49cb42"
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 142 (2019) — Revise county weed laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0142_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0142_1.pdf)
2. **HB0142_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0142_2.pdf)
3. **HB0142_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0199//HB0142_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0142.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **93–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joshua Kassmier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-02** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-11** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-12-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-12-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-17** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2018-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-07** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-09** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-29** Hearing
- **2019-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-07** Clerical Corrections Made - New Version Available
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-08** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-09** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-09** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-19** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-11** Returned to House
- **2019-03-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-18** Signed by President
- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c39fd91-5313-47b6-964b-0247de74b570`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).