---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise transportation laws regarding travel in right lane"
description: "Revise transportation laws regarding travel in right lane"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 415"
citation: "Montana HB 415 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Traffic Regulations (see also: Motor Vehicles)", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shane A Morigeau"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 57
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-02"
last_action: "2017-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9db19994-ac43-4917-935f-ee59c8e1973e"
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=LC1457&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "ce79f40071461b8efe1b88f5b965a42db8fa55a6dad08482edeb1983e8434622"
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 415 (2017) — Revise transportation laws regarding travel in right lane

## 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/HB0415.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **83–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **69–31** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **66–31** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **68–31** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Shane A Morigeau — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-30** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-30** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-01** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-01** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-02** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-02** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-03** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Sponsor List Modified
- **2017-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** Hearing
- **2017-02-14** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-14** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-15** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-02-20** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-16** Hearing
- **2017-03-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-28** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-29** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-24** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-25** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9db19994-ac43-4917-935f-ee59c8e1973e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).