---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise board of housing loan-servicing laws"
description: "Revise board of housing loan-servicing laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 26"
citation: "Montana HB 26 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Housing", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Welch"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 55
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2016-06-27"
last_action: "2017-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/797b5da7-74dd-42ed-a5d0-c13ed6feffd5"
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=LC0169&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "5c6d65743b9e39597aa937c22c225f88e3abd047f1fc342bd82ac2182336b456"
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 26 (2017) — Revise board of housing loan-servicing laws

## 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/HB0026.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **23–27** (fail) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **85–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **80–16** (pass) · legislature
- Indefinitely Postpone hb 26-Thomas — **30–20** (pass) · legislature
- ReconsAction-Facey — **35–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **34–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **89–10** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **94–6** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–3** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Tom Welch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-06-27** Draft Request Received
- **2016-08-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-10-25** Draft in Edit
- **2016-10-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-10-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-09** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-09** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-11-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-11-30** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-09** Hearing
- **2017-01-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-09** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-11** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-31** Hearing
- **2017-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-06** 2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-06** 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postponed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-07** Reconsidered Previous Action; Remains in 2nd Reading Process
- **2017-02-07** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-14** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-16** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-02-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-17** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-17** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-02-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-02-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-01** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/797b5da7-74dd-42ed-a5d0-c13ed6feffd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).