---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise insurance laws relating to annuity surrender fees"
description: "Revise insurance laws relating to annuity surrender fees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 222"
citation: "Montana SB 222 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-14"
last_action: "2017-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/958fca35-69c7-41db-a407-0b2de64606ab"
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=LC0795&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "020861b2a9679c745aede4b968d6d8b2929e8e12aeb7f3c2469fb56fe45a4e03"
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 222 (2017) — Revise insurance laws relating to annuity surrender fees

## 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/SB0222.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-14** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-24** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-04** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-04** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-07** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-10** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-20** Hearing
- **2017-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing
- **2017-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **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
- **2017-03-25** 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
- **2017-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/958fca35-69c7-41db-a407-0b2de64606ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).