---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise election expenditure laws relating to candidate filing fee"
description: "Revise election expenditure laws relating to candidate filing fee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 3"
citation: "Montana SB 3 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas (Doug) Kary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-03-18"
last_action: "2017-03-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e27dd370-7bc4-4e95-8981-16295e8c860f"
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=LC0048&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "0af1f526905fa2bd0afdc3f601fb610e976e3b8dbff2dd40c4a59afa7dd88f6f"
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 3 (2017) — Revise election expenditure laws relating to candidate filing fee

## 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/SB0003.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **42–4** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **44–3** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **6–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Douglas (Doug) Kary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-03-18** Draft Request Received
- **2016-08-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-10-25** Draft in Edit
- **2016-10-27** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-10-27** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-07** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-09** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-11-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-11-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-06** Hearing
- **2017-01-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **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`
- **2017-01-31** 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/e27dd370-7bc4-4e95-8981-16295e8c860f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).