---
type: "Bill"
title: "Amend fuel tax laws related to dyed fuel"
description: "Amend fuel tax laws related to dyed fuel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 39"
citation: "Montana HB 39 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Fuels", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Fern"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-07-31"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/de70b564-51a9-49c8-9358-d0a1ed3055da"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=39&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "9d74da2966143d38343b095a547530d80da292f908baa78c20c5fb4e87088be0"
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 39 (2019) — Amend fuel tax laws related to dyed fuel

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0039_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0039_1.pdf)
2. **HB0039_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0039_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0039.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **68–32** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **39–10** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **62–34** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dave Fern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-31** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-14** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-11-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-16** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-28** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-29** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-07** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-11** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-14** Hearing
- **2019-01-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-21** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-22** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to House
- **2019-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-13** 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/de70b564-51a9-49c8-9358-d0a1ed3055da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).