---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt certain vehicles from height restrictions"
description: "Exempt certain vehicles from height restrictions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 389"
citation: "Montana HB 389 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Revenue", "State", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joel G Krautter"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 61
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-12-03"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d46b5090-e79e-4fc1-b513-eaec04e5f83a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=389&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "406dc9444bfdf213ba5da968536595f5eff4f820567a147cfe479348cffc3e0d"
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 389 (2019) — Exempt certain vehicles from height restrictions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0389_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0389_1.pdf)
2. **HB0389_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0389_2.pdf)
3. **HB0389_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0389_3.pdf)
4. **HB0389_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0389_4.pdf)
5. **HB0389_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0389_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0389.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass As Amended — **94–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **90–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **86–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **89–11** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Krautter D/PASS — **81–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Joel G Krautter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-03** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-31** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-31** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-01** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-12** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-14** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-18** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-19** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-19** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-04** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-11** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d46b5090-e79e-4fc1-b513-eaec04e5f83a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).