---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise securities and insurance laws pertaining to the State Auditor"
description: "Generally revise securities and insurance laws pertaining to the State Auditor"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 137"
citation: "Montana HB 137 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance", "Revenue", "State", "Securities and Securities Regulation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moffie Funk"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 71
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-08-31"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5286b4e7-d0e5-4f8c-91f0-edbea80214d1"
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=LC0453&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "ae93486093178fdc67698a63ddc57e79d52a44662fb799f34af33a3e501bb9d2"
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 137 (2017) — Generally revise securities and insurance laws pertaining to the State Auditor

## 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/HB0137.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **82–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **82–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **36–14** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **36–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **80–20** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Moffie Funk — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-08-31** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-08** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-12-09** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-12** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-12** Draft Back for Redo
- **2016-12-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-13** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-04** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-05** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-13** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-13** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-26** Hearing
- **2017-02-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-03** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Hearing
- **2017-02-13** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-17** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-17** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-18** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **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** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-22** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-23** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-23** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **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 Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Hearing
- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** Returned to House
- **2017-03-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-22** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-22** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-27** Signed by President
- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-04** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5286b4e7-d0e5-4f8c-91f0-edbea80214d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).