---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws regarding shared equity properties"
description: "Revise laws regarding shared equity properties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 200"
citation: "Montana HB 200 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dave Fern"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-11-23"
last_action: "2017-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71efbe69-1213-4d5a-88bb-d88546c82231"
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=LC1138&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "0641fe11683929e508ff9695d0d9f8be732b76f472ec5fb1a5c64e5884f19733"
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 200 (2017) — Revise laws regarding shared equity properties

## 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/HB0200.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **55–44** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **25–24** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **21–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **6–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **63–36** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **59–41** (pass) · legislature
- ReconsAction-Brown — **24–26** (fail) · legislature
- Do Concur — **66–34** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Dave Fern — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-23** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-17** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-12-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-22** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2016-12-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** Hearing
- **2017-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-01-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing
- **2017-02-13** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-03-13** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-03-24** Motion to Reconsider Failed
- **2017-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-01** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-03** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-04** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-07** Signed by President
- **2017-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71efbe69-1213-4d5a-88bb-d88546c82231`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).