---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase taxpayer appeal options and create informal procedures"
description: "Increase taxpayer appeal options and create informal procedures"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "Montana SB 137 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Ankney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-10-06"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee5c4396-f872-4210-aa67-05cc3836353e"
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=LC0501&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "37aee4a8fc978fca088c516b4e43a309925669d90f255be57ec7c39dbd86e387"
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 SB 137 (2017) — Increase taxpayer appeal options and create informal procedures

## 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/SB0137.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Duane Ankney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-06** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-13** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-12-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-12** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-12** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-27** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-27** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-01** Hearing
- **2017-02-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-16** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-16** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-16** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-22** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-08** Hearing
- **2017-03-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-14** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-14** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-17** Signed by President
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-27** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-27** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ee5c4396-f872-4210-aa67-05cc3836353e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).