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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise when a primary must be held for county nonpartisan offices."
+description: "Revise when a primary must be held for county nonpartisan offices."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 178"
+citation: "Montana SB 178 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nels Swandal"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-11-30"
+last_action: "2017-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/737db40a-bd35-46d2-8d49-04f16ced9dc1"
+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=LC1243&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "3d6829700f78a566ccda05fbb0fa16f7eb4423e6a2ffb975a7671d257098728a"
+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 178 (2017) — Revise when a primary must be held for county nonpartisan offices.
+
+## 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/SB0178.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nels Swandal — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-30** Draft Request Received
+- **2017-01-23** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2017-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-01-24** Draft in Edit
+- **2017-01-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2017-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2017-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Review
+- **2017-01-25** Draft in Assembly
+- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2017-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-01-31** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-31** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-02-13** Hearing
+- **2017-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
+- **2017-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-15** Hearing
+- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-24** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-24** Returned to Senate
+- **2017-03-25** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-03-29** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-30** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-31** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-07** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/737db40a-bd35-46d2-8d49-04f16ced9dc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+