---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to classification of certain public defender employees"
description: "Revise laws related to classification of certain public defender employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 73"
citation: "Montana HB 73 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kimberly Dudik"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-08-22"
last_action: "2019-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/153cc1a0-0d09-434f-b066-66c68c8ebc35"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=73&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "c22c92cb21584884817662c60b0b4e22ab4c651f967457646fd30a8526bfba56"
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 73 (2019) — Revise laws related to classification of certain public defender employees

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0073_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0073_1.pdf)
2. **HB0073_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0099//HB0073_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0073.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **77–21** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **83–17** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kimberly Dudik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-08-22** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-26** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-12-03** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2018-12-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-12-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-12-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-05** Executive Director Review
- **2018-12-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-12-05** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-07** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-12-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-06** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-17** Hearing
- **2019-01-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-28** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Hearing
- **2019-02-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-25** Returned to House
- **2019-02-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Signed by President
- **2019-03-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-18** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/153cc1a0-0d09-434f-b066-66c68c8ebc35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).