---
type: "Bill"
title: "Strengthening guardianship services and creating a WINGS group"
description: "Strengthening guardianship services and creating a WINGS group"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 70"
citation: "Montana HB 70 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Developmental Disabilities", "Persons With (see also: Institutions)", "Senior Citizens (see also: Retirement)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jessica Karjala"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 63
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2016-09-02"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4036f6d8-e1a6-45de-8c58-724ccd138dc4"
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=LC0281&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "c0c31f0f72a44c430bf972fa66042db3eca274245579480c7b68423b56fbcb6c"
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 70 (2017) — Strengthening guardianship services and creating a WINGS group

## 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/HB0070.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass As Amended — **77–23** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **70–27** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-001 Ehli D/PASS — **75–25** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **39–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **71–29** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-002 Ehli D/PASS — **81–19** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **67–33** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **15–7** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jessica Karjala — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-02** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-10-14** Draft in Edit
- **2016-10-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-10-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-07** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-09** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-01** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-16** Hearing
- **2017-01-25** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-02-20** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-22** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-02-22** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-02-22** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-23** Hearing
- **2017-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-25** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing
- **2017-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-28** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Taken from 2nd Reading; Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-31** Hearing
- **2017-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-27** 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/4036f6d8-e1a6-45de-8c58-724ccd138dc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).