---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise procurement laws for fire districts and service areas"
description: "Revise procurement laws for fire districts and service areas"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 520"
citation: "Montana HB 520 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts (see also: Public Contracts)", "Public Contracts (see also: Contracts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-03"
last_action: "2017-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d02579c-6709-4905-84d3-8f5a4fc99062"
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=LC1523&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "4042ad376b9fd86ee5f353a2654290bafdf283d329c6b774bf3451cab77a334a"
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 520 (2017) — Revise procurement laws for fire districts and service areas

## 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/HB0520.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **23–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-03** Draft Request Received
- **2017-02-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-16** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-16** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-17** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Hearing
- **2017-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-25** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing
- **2017-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** Returned to House
- **2017-03-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-29** Signed by President
- **2017-03-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3d02579c-6709-4905-84d3-8f5a4fc99062`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).