---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for confidentiality of heritage properties and paleontological remains"
description: "Provide for confidentiality of heritage properties and paleontological remains"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 207"
citation: "Montana SB 207 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Privacy", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frederick (Eric) Moore"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-04-26"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67e80430-602e-4457-9e52-57ad9b385948"
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=LC0068&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "e06649dcb6efb166f0d39da8569b85312941e15313dc9d5ac53226882ad9686b"
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 207 (2017) — Provide for confidentiality of heritage properties and paleontological remains

## 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/SB0207.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass As Amended — **40–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **43–7** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **46–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **57–41** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **70–30** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-1 Moore D/PASS — **47–2** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frederick (Eric) Moore — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-04-26** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-14** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-22** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-30** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-31** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-01** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-01** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-01** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-01** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-03** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-03** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-03** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-03** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-03** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-03** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-22** Hearing
- **2017-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-14** Hearing
- **2017-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-24** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-24** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** 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/67e80430-602e-4457-9e52-57ad9b385948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).