---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to community colleges and bonding"
description: "Revise laws related to community colleges and bonding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 159"
citation: "Montana SB 159 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Colleges (see also: University System)", "Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Revenue", "Local"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Blasdel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-02"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/da110965-c108-4ed7-954e-b06c5033fcf3"
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=LC1432&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "df80455209037de080e19e435473bf9eec0ac2526ef62bf0123c27914bf2df07"
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 159 (2017) — Revise laws related to community colleges and bonding

## 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/SB0159.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **45–2** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark Blasdel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-02** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-24** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-25** 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`
- **2017-02-08** Hearing
- **2017-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-17** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-18** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing
- **2017-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-22** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/da110965-c108-4ed7-954e-b06c5033fcf3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).