---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for Montana calendar observance of Juneteenth"
description: "Provide for Montana calendar observance of Juneteenth"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 158"
citation: "Montana SB 158 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Margaret (Margie) MacDonald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-12-02"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fbb3ea3-95f0-4923-8705-9a4134c0d300"
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=LC1396&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "4d580ce9bd030a9915327b0cb898ad9cabf425c970a72716263eaa3ae13b9fc5"
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 158 (2017) — Provide for Montana calendar observance of Juneteenth

## 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/SB0158.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **6–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **27–19** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **34–13** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **79–21** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **33–16** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **69–31** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **33–16** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Margaret (Margie) MacDonald — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-02** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-19** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-20** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Hearing
- **2017-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Sponsors Engrossed
- **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`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-23** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-29** Hearing
- **2017-03-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-04** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-05** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-05** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-12** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fbb3ea3-95f0-4923-8705-9a4134c0d300`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).