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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise court administrator laws to eliminate IT reporting requirement"
+description: "Revise court administrator laws to eliminate IT reporting requirement"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 20"
+citation: "Montana SB 20 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Information Technology (see also: Communications)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Nels Swandal"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-07-06"
+last_action: "2017-04-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd3b92b2-3df3-4cc1-a9a3-a86fba4459d6"
+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=LC0190&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "c658ddcebce6f65dd7446e76dc1a735faf99e4f7703eb4c023f743045ceaa2ae"
+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 20 (2017) — Revise court administrator laws to eliminate IT reporting requirement
+
+## 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/SB0020.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **97–3** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Nels Swandal — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-07-06** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-11-10** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-11-10** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2016-11-14** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-11-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2016-11-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2016-11-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2016-11-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-11-22** Executive Director Review
+- **2016-11-22** Draft in Assembly
+- **2016-11-22** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-12-02** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2016-12-02** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-12-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-04** Hearing
+- **2017-01-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-01-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-01-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-11** Transmitted to House
+- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-20** Hearing
+- **2017-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-22** Returned to Senate
+- **2017-03-23** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-03-24** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-03-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-03-28** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-28** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-29** 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/cd3b92b2-3df3-4cc1-a9a3-a86fba4459d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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