---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cultural and aesthetic grants"
description: "Cultural and aesthetic grants"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 9"
citation: "Montana HB 9 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Woods"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-08-30"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fccc1c0-0eb7-4645-9a75-b7121002a0fb"
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=LC0270&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "16a0507b0c943f28cbd255c6b8300983abe79de26bdb547e00f54af7d2602ac8"
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 9 (2017) — Cultural and aesthetic grants

## 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/HB0009.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **18–4** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **33–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **76–24** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **79–21** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Tom Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-08-30** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-11-28** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-11-29** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2016-12-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-06** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-06** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-07** 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`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing
- **2017-02-09** Scheduled for Executive Action
- **2017-02-09** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing
- **2017-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Hearing
- **2017-04-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-13** Returned to House
- **2017-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-28** Signed by President
- **2017-04-28** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** 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/8fccc1c0-0eb7-4645-9a75-b7121002a0fb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).