---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise 'sports pools' to allow range of buy-in amounts"
description: "Revise 'sports pools' to allow range of buy-in amounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 564"
citation: "Montana HB 564 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gambling", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jimmy Patelis"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23535f29-5dc4-4eb7-ab7e-db1869e79249"
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=LC1813&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "e65037bc0eb18af1d4ed7c781317a1c97d660a55e720cccd378560665add9c31"
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 564 (2017) — Revise 'sports pools' to allow range of buy-in amounts

## 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/HB0564.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **89–11** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–3** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **19–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **87–10** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **44–6** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jimmy Patelis — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-20** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-07** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-07** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-20** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-27** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-27** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-02-28** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-01** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-10** Hearing
- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-14** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-03-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-16** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Hearing
- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-29** 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
- **2017-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-24** 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/23535f29-5dc4-4eb7-ab7e-db1869e79249`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).