---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising number of professional staff positions at the Board of Investments"
description: "Revising number of professional staff positions at the Board of Investments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 612"
citation: "Montana HB 612 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Bartel"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b8862e5-08bc-47d6-ab98-f5db0b41d36a"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=612&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "7ce08e44f75c9a3cc41afc67b26b98e07cd4d5824bfe98109c3c9cfd46992e43"
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 612 (2019) — Revising number of professional staff positions at the Board of Investments

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0612_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0612_1.pdf)
2. **HB0612_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0612_2.pdf)
3. **HB0612_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0612_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0612.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **46–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Bartel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Draft Request Received
- **2019-02-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-20** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-22** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-26** Hearing
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-27** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-27** 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`
- **2019-03-27** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-06** 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
- **2019-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** 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/4b8862e5-08bc-47d6-ab98-f5db0b41d36a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).