---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide funding for sage grouse stewardship"
description: "Provide funding for sage grouse stewardship"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 228"
citation: "Montana HB 228 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Keane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 63
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-11-22"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7456fb5-bb7f-4396-ad9a-6fcaf8b91120"
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=LC1121&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "60dcd041a4e388bf27c90c2fa417580ddd7560ca1298a156b2cf0f18d44531d1"
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 228 (2017) — Provide funding for sage grouse stewardship

## 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/HB0228.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **13–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–1** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **37–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **88–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **96–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jim Keane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-22** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-06** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-06** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-07** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **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** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-18** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-19** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-25** Hearing
- **2017-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-13** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** Hearing
- **2017-02-16** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-18** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-20** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-20** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-21** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** Hearing
- **2017-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-04** Taken from 2nd Reading; Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Hearing
- **2017-04-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-12** Returned to House
- **2017-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7456fb5-bb7f-4396-ad9a-6fcaf8b91120`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).