---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing protections to vulnerable persons from financial exploitation"
description: "Providing protections to vulnerable persons from financial exploitation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 24"
citation: "Montana HB 24 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental Illness or Incapacity (see also: Institutions)", "Securities and Securities Regulation", "Senior Citizens (see also: Retirement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ron Ehli"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-09-02"
last_action: "2017-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e7bbb13-926e-47f9-a21d-09b2b8da2616"
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=LC0278&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "224084a0dc2dfc94b52c735b28d6d60b79d94cac5723580070ab6449c1c90ce3"
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 24 (2017) — Providing protections to vulnerable persons from financial exploitation

## 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/HB0024.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ron Ehli — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-02** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-10-17** Draft in Edit
- **2016-10-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-10-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-10-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-18** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-21** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-11-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-11-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-13** Hearing
- **2017-01-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing
- **2017-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-10** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-03-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-14** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-16** Signed by President
- **2017-03-16** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e7bbb13-926e-47f9-a21d-09b2b8da2616`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).