---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise pass-through entity withholding"
description: "Revise pass-through entity withholding"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 252"
citation: "Montana SB 252 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Blasdel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-14"
last_action: "2017-04-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d87f652e-9322-4de1-aa83-14603995c0ea"
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=LC0758&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "65371eba2c2fb48887262cb2cfd881850d135557b0d50921d857efef78316dc9"
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 252 (2017) — Revise pass-through entity withholding

## 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/SB0252.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark Blasdel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-21** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-06** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-10** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-10** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-21** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-21** Hearing
- **2017-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-23** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing
- **2017-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-27** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-28** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-28** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-29** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-29** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-30** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-04** Signed by President
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-11** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d87f652e-9322-4de1-aa83-14603995c0ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).