---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising expenditures and providing supplemental appropriations"
description: "Revising expenditures and providing supplemental appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 3"
citation: "Montana HB 3 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Ballance"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 75
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-08-30"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c767b7d-083f-4070-a124-01030a629e88"
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=LC0264&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "91b6487445873c1818f7a4d5dca96efa21491256af4a60caa45261bcbfe6f419"
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 3 (2017) — Revising expenditures and providing supplemental appropriations

## 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/HB0003.pdf)

## Votes

- AMD-305001 Ballance D/PASS — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **17–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass As Amended — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **86–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **93–7** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **94–3** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nancy Ballance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-08-30** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-02** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-12-02** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-12-05** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-06** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-06** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-07** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-09** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-09** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-28** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-04** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-04** Hearing
- **2017-01-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-10** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-10** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-10** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-11** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-01-11** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-01-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-13** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-13** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-13** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-17** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-19** Hearing
- **2017-01-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-01** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-03** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-03** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-06** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-08** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-10** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-10** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-10** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-10** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-03-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-11** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-03-14** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-14** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-15** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-15** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-16** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Signed by President
- **2017-03-20** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c767b7d-083f-4070-a124-01030a629e88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).