---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise privacy in communication law to reflect MT Supreme Court decision"
description: "Revise privacy in communication law to reflect MT Supreme Court decision"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Montana HB 228 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Crimes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forrest Mandeville"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-14"
last_action: "2019-03-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a9b34f1-b417-48be-8e08-456d19465f07"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=228&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0306f8663c34cf009a5a193fe6ece72556dbdd042e4a10f151f704c9bf9483a5"
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 228 (2019) — Revise privacy in communication law to reflect MT Supreme Court decision

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0228_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0228_1.pdf)
2. **HB0228_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0228_2.pdf)
3. **HB0228_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0228_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0228.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Forrest Mandeville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-14** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** Hearing
- **2019-01-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-31** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-04** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-05** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-05** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-19** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-20** Returned to House
- **2019-02-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-22** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-22** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-26** Signed by President
- **2019-02-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a9b34f1-b417-48be-8e08-456d19465f07`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).