---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise economic development laws related to Indian country, tourism"
description: "Revise economic development laws related to Indian country, tourism"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 309"
citation: "Montana SB 309 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Indians"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lea Whitford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 66
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-06"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c164355b-8cb6-4c49-be3a-26cf1dc5f12d"
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=LC2392&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "a43085bd22443e16a713d37c22e535165e80db97220b137c72b113f635dad5f6"
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 309 (2017) — Revise economic development laws related to Indian country, tourism

## 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/SB0309.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **9–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **56–44** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **27–23** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–3** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–10** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **55–44** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **27–23** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Lea Whitford — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-06** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-20** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-20** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-30** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-13** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-15** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-17** Draft Taken by Drafter
- **2017-02-17** Draft Back for Redo
- **2017-02-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Hearing
- **2017-02-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-24** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-27** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-07** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-22** Hearing
- **2017-03-31** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-04-11** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-21** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-21** Hearing
- **2017-04-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-24** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c164355b-8cb6-4c49-be3a-26cf1dc5f12d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).