---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase nursing home bed tax for nursing home rate increases"
description: "Increase nursing home bed tax for nursing home rate increases"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 618"
citation: "Montana HB 618 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation Process", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Revenue", "State", "Senior Citizens (see also: Retirement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nancy Ballance"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-24"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/46bdabf6-b74b-4c55-b2cb-9d5a42a8bdb3"
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=LC2583&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "eb5283914d3119803a7b00681d20768e53d3e7743f014140e27255ca689e5cd7"
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 618 (2017) — Increase nursing home bed tax for nursing home rate increases

## 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/HB0618.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **86–14** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **88–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **18–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **34–16** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **80–20** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **90–10** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Nancy Ballance — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-24** Draft Request Received
- **2017-03-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-16** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-03-16** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-17** Draft in Edit
- **2017-03-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-03-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-03-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-03-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-17** Executive Director Review
- **2017-03-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-03-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-03-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-03-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-03-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-21** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-23** Hearing
- **2017-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-28** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-28** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-30** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-31** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-31** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-03** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Hearing
- **2017-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-18** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-04-20** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-25** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/46bdabf6-b74b-4c55-b2cb-9d5a42a8bdb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).