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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Providing protections to vulnerable persons from financial exploitation"
+description: "Providing protections to vulnerable persons from financial exploitation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 24"
+citation: "Montana HB 24 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Mental Illness or Incapacity (see also: Institutions)", "Securities and Securities Regulation", "Senior Citizens (see also: Retirement)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ron Ehli"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-09-02"
+last_action: "2017-03-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e7bbb13-926e-47f9-a21d-09b2b8da2616"
+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=LC0278&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "224084a0dc2dfc94b52c735b28d6d60b79d94cac5723580070ab6449c1c90ce3"
+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 24 (2017) — Providing protections to vulnerable persons from financial exploitation
+
+## 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/HB0024.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ron Ehli — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-02** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-10-11** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-10-11** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2016-10-17** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-10-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2016-10-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2016-10-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2016-11-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2016-11-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-11-18** Executive Director Review
+- **2016-11-18** Draft in Assembly
+- **2016-11-21** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-11-28** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2016-11-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-13** Hearing
+- **2017-01-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-23** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-01-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-01-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-01-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-27** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2017-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Hearing
+- **2017-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-20** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2017-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-10** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-03-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-13** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-03-14** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-03-14** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-03-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-16** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-16** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e7bbb13-926e-47f9-a21d-09b2b8da2616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+