---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise laws relating to cryptocurrency"
description: "Generally revise laws relating to cryptocurrency"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 584"
citation: "Montana HB 584 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Financial Institutions (see also: Credit Transactions)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shane A Morigeau"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-04"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25a37991-7ace-4d99-9610-bc7408bd93a6"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=584&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "760a17ee615551679dd5245c7eaff13b7ebb8a80884e18aa59bb0aa50ed773a0"
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 584 (2019) — Generally revise laws relating to cryptocurrency

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0584_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0584_1.pdf)
2. **HB0584_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0584_2.pdf)
3. **HB0584_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0584_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0584.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **88–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **20–29** (fail) · upper
- Do Concur — **28–21** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **91–9** (pass) · lower
- ReconsAction, go to 3rd Rdg 4-4-19-Gross — **29–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **33–15** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **6–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shane A Morigeau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-04** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-12** Draft Taken by Drafter
- **2019-02-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-19** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-19** 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** Sponsor List Modified
- **2019-02-25** Hearing
- **2019-02-25** 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
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Failed `failure, reading-3`
- **2019-04-03** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 3rd Reading Process `reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-04** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-04** Returned to House
- **2019-04-05** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-09** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25a37991-7ace-4d99-9610-bc7408bd93a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).