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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise franchise laws and automobile franchise laws"
+description: "Generally revise franchise laws and automobile franchise laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 617"
+citation: "Montana HB 617 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Trade Regulations and Competition"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2018-12-03"
+last_action: "2019-05-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2251f569-50ba-4863-a663-5832e28d23de"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=617&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "833609f9e0cf0219fb1cf464f35033c56a5910785e4f97fc8ee09fa649e6ffda"
+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 617 (2019) — Generally revise franchise laws and automobile franchise laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0617_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0617_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0617_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0617_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0617_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0617_3.pdf)
+4. **HB0617_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0699//HB0617_x.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0617.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMD-001 Vance D/PASS — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **96–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **96–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur As Amended — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Barry Usher — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-03** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-12-17** Draft On Hold
+- **2019-02-19** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-02-19** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2019-02-19** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-02-19** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-02-20** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2019-02-20** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-02-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2019-02-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-02-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-02-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-21** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-02-21** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-02-21** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-02-21** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-02-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-02-22** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-23** Hearing Canceled
+- **2019-02-26** Hearing
+- **2019-02-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-19** Hearing
+- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
+- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-03** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-09** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-10** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-13** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
+- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2251f569-50ba-4863-a663-5832e28d23de`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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