---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allows credit and debit card purchases as evidence for agricultural use estimate"
description: "Allows credit and debit card purchases as evidence for agricultural use estimate"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 466"
citation: "Montana HB 466 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Fuels"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Staffanson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-02"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa88ca5f-6b75-4205-a798-750dc3008e4a"
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=LC2353&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "24f2380e3551b3346cfbaef902dd121183e397d3d30a346c5f57b32614659ada"
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 466 (2017) — Allows credit and debit card purchases as evidence for agricultural use estimate

## 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/HB0466.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Scott Staffanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-02** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-09** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-13** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-29** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-29** Draft Back for Requester Changes
- **2017-01-29** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-31** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-10** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-18** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-21** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-09** Hearing
- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-15** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-15** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-20** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-21** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-22** Hearing
- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Hearing
- **2017-03-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to House
- **2017-04-10** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **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/aa88ca5f-6b75-4205-a798-750dc3008e4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).