---
type: "Bill"
title: "Designate Shelby veterans' memorial"
description: "Designate Shelby veterans' memorial"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 159"
citation: "Montana HB 159 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Documents", "Military Affairs", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rob Cook"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-04"
last_action: "2017-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5850682e-0e6e-48c4-b2e9-f1dbd914d345"
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=LC0650&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "0a1963d08d91e04d527d0a6ade8e2349429d235e4f07ce5cd94a52a8ea0da852"
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 159 (2017) — Designate Shelby veterans' memorial

## 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/HB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **20–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Rob Cook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-04** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-10** Draft On Hold
- **2016-11-21** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2016-11-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-11-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-02** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-06** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2016-12-06** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-09** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2016-12-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-04** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-04** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-04** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-04** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-04** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-10** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-10** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-10** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-11** Hearing
- **2017-01-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-17** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-18** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing
- **2017-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-02-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-17** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Returned to House
- **2017-02-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-02-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-02-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-01** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5850682e-0e6e-48c4-b2e9-f1dbd914d345`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).