---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize counties to establish junk vehicle capital improvement funds"
description: "Authorize counties to establish junk vehicle capital improvement funds"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 152"
citation: "Montana HB 152 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Welch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-12-02"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31e316b5-8192-46b6-83c3-33b3f0898e88"
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=LC1398&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "3bdac34d911dffc4e4626e89dcfe0f6c489f6233b75775de5ec931ee6ef36ec9"
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 152 (2017) — Authorize counties to establish junk vehicle capital improvement funds

## 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/HB0152.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **93–3** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **97–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Tom Welch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-22** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-12-22** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-23** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-12-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-28** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-28** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-28** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-29** Executive Director Final Review
- **2016-12-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-02** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-03** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-03** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-04** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-04** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-11** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-12** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-16** Hearing
- **2017-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-27** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing
- **2017-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-10** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-07** Hearing
- **2017-03-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-14** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** Returned to House
- **2017-03-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by President
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31e316b5-8192-46b6-83c3-33b3f0898e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).