---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise business laws related to liability and agritourism"
description: "Revise business laws related to liability and agritourism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 342"
citation: "Montana HB 342 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7b42ddb-3d6a-4080-b409-bf4cfdfec3e5"
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=LC2398&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "2d33b8d03b74b51f3304f4a518212a9665578f7df54b6b40c370b6499d2bd875"
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 342 (2017) — Revise business laws related to liability and agritourism

## 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/HB0342.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **79–21** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **78–18** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **43–6** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **11–8** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-03** Hearing
- **2017-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-02-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-09** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-10** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-10** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing
- **2017-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Returned to House
- **2017-03-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Signed by President
- **2017-03-24** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-31** 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/f7b42ddb-3d6a-4080-b409-bf4cfdfec3e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).