---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to public records of municipalities"
description: "Revise laws related to public records of municipalities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 221"
citation: "Montana HB 221 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cities and Towns (see also: Local Government)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donald W Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-30"
last_action: "2017-02-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1bf991c-5ab0-4a2a-ac2d-3333ac87b050"
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=LC1227&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "0a931b486c8eeaf08c945a56d2c17251395ca668769bf63c9c10d8a70302f829"
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 221 (2017) — Revise laws related to public records of municipalities

## 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/HB0221.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **91–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **97–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Donald W Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-30** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-06** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-01-09** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-09** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-09** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-09** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-10** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-17** Hearing
- **2017-01-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-20** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Hearing
- **2017-01-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-01-31** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-02-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-02** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-02-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-03** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-03** Returned to House
- **2017-02-06** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-02-07** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-02-07** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-02-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-09** Signed by President
- **2017-02-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-02-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-02-17** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1bf991c-5ab0-4a2a-ac2d-3333ac87b050`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).