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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise election laws"
+description: "Generally revise election laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 83"
+citation: "Montana HB 83 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bryce Bennett"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2016-02-26"
+last_action: "2017-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0a389f2-10de-4e3f-8c9b-eae607fbf4aa"
+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=LC0030&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "d503e7642e392bd729b5377b7fd435ef6b3e389eb10aea61eb427f04dae1afc3"
+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 83 (2017) — Generally revise election 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/HB0083.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **71–25** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **74–26** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Not Concur — **28–20** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **76–23** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **41–6** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **74–24** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bryce Bennett — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-26** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-11-22** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-11-22** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2016-11-25** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-11-29** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2016-11-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2016-12-02** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2016-12-02** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-12-02** Executive Director Review
+- **2016-12-03** Draft in Assembly
+- **2016-12-05** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-12-05** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2016-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-06** Hearing
+- **2017-01-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-13** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-01-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-01-17** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-01-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-18** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2017-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-30** Hearing
+- **2017-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-03-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-03-13** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-15** 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** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-04-05** Signed by President
+- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-07** Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
+- **2017-04-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-24** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Not Adopted `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-24** Returned to House Not Concurred in Governor's Proposed Amendments
+- **2017-04-28** Motion Failed
+- **2017-05-01** 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/f0a389f2-10de-4e3f-8c9b-eae607fbf4aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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