---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow surplus lines insurance to cover certain disability situations"
description: "Allow surplus lines insurance to cover certain disability situations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 578"
citation: "Montana HB 578 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3cfcaa93-54c0-4e4c-809b-f78671be1539"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=578&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "8bb983aea3f129213b4bfe387198fe9d5c77c1469b5a682c3ee18d1088a4a322"
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 578 (2019) — Allow surplus lines insurance to cover certain disability situations

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0578_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0578_1.pdf)
2. **HB0578_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0578_2.pdf)
3. **HB0578_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0578_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0578.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-16** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-21** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-02-21** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to House
- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-09** 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/3cfcaa93-54c0-4e4c-809b-f78671be1539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).