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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws related to community colleges and bonding"
+description: "Revise laws related to community colleges and bonding"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 159"
+citation: "Montana SB 159 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Colleges (see also: University System)", "Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Revenue", "Local"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark Blasdel"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 43
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-12-02"
+last_action: "2017-05-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da110965-c108-4ed7-954e-b06c5033fcf3"
+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=LC1432&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "df80455209037de080e19e435473bf9eec0ac2526ef62bf0123c27914bf2df07"
+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 SB 159 (2017) — Revise laws related to community colleges and bonding
+
+## 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/SB0159.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **45–2** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark Blasdel — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-02** Draft Request Received
+- **2017-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2017-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-01-24** Draft in Edit
+- **2017-01-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **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
+- **2017-01-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-08** Hearing
+- **2017-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-17** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-18** Transmitted to House
+- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-15** Hearing
+- **2017-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-22** Returned to Senate
+- **2017-04-24** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-22** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da110965-c108-4ed7-954e-b06c5033fcf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+