---
type: "Bill"
title: "Include prepaid telephone accounts as protected from expiration"
description: "Include prepaid telephone accounts as protected from expiration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 426"
citation: "Montana HB 426 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Corrections", "Rule Making", "Trade Regulations and Competition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jean Price"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39c597d9-9316-4947-a29d-e0c32760008c"
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=LC1989&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "c36f96c6fb3770fee17b87b6e7ca4e3b250e96220f4c18f9a360bc450346b1ee"
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 426 (2017) — Include prepaid telephone accounts as protected from expiration

## 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/HB0426.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **70–30** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **63–36** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **67–33** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **16–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **72–28** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **47–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jean Price — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-12** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-27** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-30** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-31** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-02** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-02** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-02** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-02** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-03** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-06** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-16** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-17** Hearing
- **2017-02-21** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-02-27** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-02-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Hearing
- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39c597d9-9316-4947-a29d-e0c32760008c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).