---
type: "Bill"
title: "Grant county commission authority to correct certain election results"
description: "Grant county commission authority to correct certain election results"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 282"
citation: "Montana HB 282 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-30"
last_action: "2017-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509a7ff6-e5fa-4513-a19a-2e0f3c71b13a"
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=LC2297&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "24c9db16e7d63c76021d855f02d645b41241b7b4e33a9ed53cc9a200dcd976d7"
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 282 (2017) — Grant county commission authority to correct certain election results

## 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/HB0282.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **47–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **43–5** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-30** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-16** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** Hearing
- **2017-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-21** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-21** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing
- **2017-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-14** 2nd Reading Passed Consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-16** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-17** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-17** Returned to House
- **2017-03-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Signed by President
- **2017-03-24** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/509a7ff6-e5fa-4513-a19a-2e0f3c71b13a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).