---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise board of real estate appraisers terms of service"
description: "Generally revise board of real estate appraisers terms of service"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 197"
citation: "Montana HB 197 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations O-Z"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Jacobson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-10-24"
last_action: "2017-02-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b0a3bc9-50aa-4f14-8e37-4adb639ada9b"
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=LC0574&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "1d36aa6b8ead1cf5cbdceea36335271afc2132a9b6509730cf1b9a8e2b8952c2"
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 197 (2017) — Generally revise board of real estate appraisers terms of service

## 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/HB0197.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **88–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **95–5** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Tom Jacobson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-24** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-03** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-05** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-06** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-11** Hearing
- **2017-01-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-13** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-16** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-20** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-25** Hearing
- **2017-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-01-25** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-01-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-30** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-01-31** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-31** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-31** Returned to House
- **2017-02-01** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-02-02** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-02-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-02-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-08** Signed by President
- **2017-02-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-14** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b0a3bc9-50aa-4f14-8e37-4adb639ada9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).