---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise fire relief association disability and pension funding requirements"
description: "Revise fire relief association disability and pension funding requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "Montana SB 16 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Finance (see also: City Finance; County Finance)", "Retirement (see also: Senior Citizens)", "Taxation (Generally)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-10-12"
last_action: "2017-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b37ec431-fa1b-47a1-b6d4-f98157c7691d"
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=LC0525&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "0bc5b9adb50b99813a648ca582e375d243301fdfba9abd90302664fc58e95720"
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 16 (2017) — Revise fire relief association disability and pension funding requirements

## 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/SB0016.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-12** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-11-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-11-14** Draft in Edit
- **2016-11-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-11-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-23** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-23** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-11-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-11-30** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-06** Hearing
- **2017-01-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-09** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-12** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-20** Transmitted to House
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Hearing
- **2017-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-02-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-18** Returned to Senate
- **2017-02-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-02-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-02-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-02-22** Signed by President
- **2017-02-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-02-22** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-01** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b37ec431-fa1b-47a1-b6d4-f98157c7691d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).