---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise motor vehicle laws"
description: "Generally revise motor vehicle laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 144"
citation: "Montana HB 144 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Rule Making", "Traffic Regulations (see also: Motor Vehicles)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zach Brown"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 68
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-07-06"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2bcee8d1-8cfc-4a31-9782-fde892d7a315"
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=LC0184&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "6e6ee8628d6280c5b196f46b477190bf4579b8efd23e7a1bb133f0c40bbed26c"
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 144 (2017) — Generally revise motor vehicle laws

## 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/HB0144.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **6–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **87–13** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Indefinitely Postpone -Thomas — **17–33** (fail) · legislature
- Do Concur — **69–31** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **83–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **23–27** (fail) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **65–35** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Zach Brown — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-06** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-17** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-11-22** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-08** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-12-12** Draft Back for Redo
- **2016-12-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-12-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-13** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-14** 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`
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-10** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-16** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-23** Hearing
- **2017-01-25** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-02-01** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-07** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-07** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Hearing
- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-20** 2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postpone Motion Failed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** Taken from 2nd Reading; Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-05** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **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/2bcee8d1-8cfc-4a31-9782-fde892d7a315`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).