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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise laws regarding contractual right to attorney fees"
+description: "Revise laws regarding contractual right to attorney fees"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 286"
+citation: "Montana SB 286 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Frederick (Eric) Moore"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-11-18"
+last_action: "2017-05-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afc597c2-30d7-4e66-9428-4b90538274e9"
+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=LC1234&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "fadfe5a88b6f4fa6a9b5a4b10d4ec71cd122a75aa8720f363f5fe673a211c82b"
+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 286 (2017) — Revise laws regarding contractual right to attorney fees
+
+## 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/SB0286.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **95–5** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Frederick (Eric) Moore — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-11-18** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-12-02** Draft On Hold
+- **2017-02-13** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2017-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2017-02-14** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-02-14** Draft in Edit
+- **2017-02-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
+- **2017-02-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
+- **2017-02-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2017-02-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-02-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-02-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-02-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-02-15** Executive Director Review
+- **2017-02-15** Draft in Assembly
+- **2017-02-15** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2017-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-20** Hearing
+- **2017-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
+- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
+- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-14** Hearing
+- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2017-03-14** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-05** Returned to Senate with Amendments
+- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
+- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-04-12** Signed by President
+- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afc597c2-30d7-4e66-9428-4b90538274e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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