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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise legal fence laws"
+description: "Revise legal fence laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 256"
+citation: "Montana HB 256 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casey Knudsen"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 57
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-12-05"
+last_action: "2017-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a09e0dbc-b9e7-4a99-9ecc-93d2c7e4bef4"
+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=LC1706&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "57976259058c01d97e89aa895528d564090f54777eec96cba11fa139482ac758"
+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 256 (2017) — Revise legal fence laws
+
+## 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/HB0256.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **95–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **92–8** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casey Knudsen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-05** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-12-14** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-12-14** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2016-12-16** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-12-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2016-12-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2016-12-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2016-12-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-12-19** Executive Director Review
+- **2016-12-19** Draft in Assembly
+- **2016-12-22** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2016-12-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-01-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-01-04** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2017-01-06** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2017-01-10** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-11** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2017-01-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-01-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-24** Hearing
+- **2017-02-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-03** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-03** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-07** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-08** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** 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** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-21** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-03-31** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a09e0dbc-b9e7-4a99-9ecc-93d2c7e4bef4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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