---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to legislator healthcare benefits"
description: "Revise laws related to legislator healthcare benefits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Montana SB 240 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Highway Revenue Diversion", "Federal Government", "Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Legislature", "Public Officers and Employees", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b75fb47f-0133-4ad5-86b3-912ce837ba5c"
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=LC2074&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "cd840a8746f9ae825d406a0f77c4110d3b8bba0f63958d32498cef498ae047b1"
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 240 (2017) — Revise laws related to legislator healthcare benefits

## 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/SB0240.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **70–30** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **68–31** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-30** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-08** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-09** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-09** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-09** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-09** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-10** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-10** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-10** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Hearing
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-23** Hearing
- **2017-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-21** Hearing
- **2017-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **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/b75fb47f-0133-4ad5-86b3-912ce837ba5c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).