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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provide for expungement of criminal records for misdemeanors"
+description: "Provide for expungement of criminal records for misdemeanors"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 168"
+citation: "Montana HB 168 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes", "Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)", "Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Zach Brown"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2016-09-22"
+last_action: "2017-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8f772f0-cc09-48a5-960b-ca2a0fb83cdf"
+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=LC0485&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "15f5dada322f169d32dbafd50975676cef453281ec3e1dcfdd5706cf47723b17"
+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 168 (2017) — Provide for expungement of criminal records for misdemeanors
+
+## 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/HB0168.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **88–11** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **91–9** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **86–12** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **85–15** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Zach Brown — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-22** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-11-29** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-11-29** Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2016-11-29** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2016-12-11** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-12-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **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
+- **2016-12-16** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2016-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-01-03** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-01-05** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-05** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-13** Hearing
+- **2017-01-13** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2017-01-13** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2017-01-16** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2017-01-18** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
+- **2017-01-18** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2017-01-19** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2017-02-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-10** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-10** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-14** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-14** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-16** Hearing
+- **2017-02-16** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2017-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-23** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2017-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-15** Hearing
+- **2017-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-27** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-27** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-04-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-04-04** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by President
+- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-13** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8f772f0-cc09-48a5-960b-ca2a0fb83cdf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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