---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws relating to state employees"
description: "Revise laws relating to state employees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 152"
citation: "Montana SB 152 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon C Sesso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-15"
last_action: "2017-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fda3def-f98a-4c36-8e38-21e64b7645dc"
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=LC0902&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "8eac5171d3119284ae43405e4d9c658a0844e6d9ef540551bf05583f477545c1"
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 152 (2017) — Revise laws relating to state employees

## 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/SB0152.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **53–47** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **53–47** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jon C Sesso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-06** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-07** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-09** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-09** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-10** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-10** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-10** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-10** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-25** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-31** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-02** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-06** Hearing
- **2017-02-13** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-02-15** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **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
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing
- **2017-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-23** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-29** Signed by President
- **2017-03-30** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-31** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-10** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fda3def-f98a-4c36-8e38-21e64b7645dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).