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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Provide funding for coal bed methane protection program"
+description: "Provide funding for coal bed methane protection program"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 344"
+citation: "Montana HB 344 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Environmental Protection"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Geraldine Custer"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2017-01-02"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c4ccbf6-ca72-4f7f-bc78-d1f5d6d7bafe"
+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=LC2366&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "844d7e3de36206ae3c9afb6113740bf0327d629130d3e0f36eb35ff75061a2d0"
+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 344 (2017) — Provide funding for coal bed methane protection program
+
+## 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/HB0344.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **14–1** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Geraldine Custer — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-02** Draft Request Received
+- **2017-01-19** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2017-01-19** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-01-19** Draft in Edit
+- **2017-01-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2017-01-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2017-01-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-01-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-24** Executive Director Review
+- **2017-01-24** Draft in Assembly
+- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2017-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-01-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-30** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Hearing
+- **2017-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-18** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** Hearing
+- **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`
+- **2017-03-22** Hearing
+- **2017-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-13** Returned to House
+- **2017-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-04-28** Signed by President
+- **2017-04-28** 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/2c4ccbf6-ca72-4f7f-bc78-d1f5d6d7bafe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+