---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide funding allocation for intermediary re-lending program"
description: "Provide funding allocation for intermediary re-lending program"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 444"
citation: "Montana HB 444 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Geraldine Custer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-18"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e6547dd-0bcb-4cee-b302-d593b764e62e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=444&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a180184746bf0fa6dae415168174037d34925f9927dd86528aad0bc8d0c9049c"
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 444 (2019) — Provide funding allocation for intermediary re-lending program

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0444_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0444_1.pdf)
2. **HB0444_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0444_2.pdf)
3. **HB0444_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0444_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0444.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **18–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **67–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **70–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Geraldine Custer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-18** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-29** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-30** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-14** Hearing
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-18** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-21** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-21** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Returned to House
- **2019-03-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-06** Signed by President
- **2019-04-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e6547dd-0bcb-4cee-b302-d593b764e62e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).