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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise privacy laws related to electronic communications"
+description: "Generally revise privacy laws related to electronic communications"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 148"
+citation: "Montana HB 148 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Privacy"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Zolnikov"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 12
+first_action: "2016-11-12"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1b6642ee-a3de-4d0c-a9f4-ed9132ebbc4d"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0762&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "59e9cb7eca7c4fa12d469fd2306520007773773710ffc453b51f8e07ecaa41d4"
+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 148 (2017) — Generally revise privacy laws related to electronic communications
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0148.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **90–9** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **96–1** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **91–8** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Daniel Zolnikov — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-12** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-11-28** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-12-06** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-12-06** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2016-12-11** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-12-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2016-12-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2016-12-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2016-12-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-12-13** Executive Director Review
+- **2016-12-13** Draft in Assembly
+- **2016-12-14** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2016-12-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-01-02** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-01-02** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-02** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-03** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-03** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-09** Sponsor List Modified
+- **2017-01-20** Hearing
+- **2017-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-03** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-06** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-06** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2017-02-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Hearing
+- **2017-03-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-03-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-03-08** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-11** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-15** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-16** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-16** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-03-20** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-03-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-03-31** Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
+- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-10** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-04-10** Transmitted to Senate for Consideration of Governor's Proposed Amendments
+- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-11** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-12** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-04-13** Returned to House Concurred in Governor's Proposed Amendments
+- **2017-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-04-19** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-04-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-24** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-04-26** Signed by President
+- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1b6642ee-a3de-4d0c-a9f4-ed9132ebbc4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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