---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise nursery licensing, fees, inspections, and penalties"
description: "Revise nursery licensing, fees, inspections, and penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 55"
citation: "Montana SB 55 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel R Salomon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 79
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2016-08-30"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ff76521a-3897-4ee7-aa63-642d0cfa49ed"
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=LC0382&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "85b2ac197154e137ecc680334a1a87bb011226faa833138ba03c7567239f4b4a"
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 55 (2017) — Revise nursery licensing, fees, inspections, and penalties

## 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/SB0055.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **70–30** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **72–28** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **46–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **56–43** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **84–16** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **67–33** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **32–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **37–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **16–6** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **32–17** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **29–21** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Daniel R Salomon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-08-30** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-17** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-11-29** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-11-30** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-01** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-12-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-05** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-05** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-05** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-05** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-04** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-10** Hearing
- **2017-01-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-01** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-03** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-07** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-13** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-14** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-14** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-14** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-07** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-21** Hearing
- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Hearing
- **2017-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Signed by President
- **2017-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-24** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Returned with Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-26** Transmitted to House for Consideration of Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2017-04-26** 2nd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-27** 3rd Reading Governor's Proposed Amendments Adopted `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-27** Returned to Senate Concurred in Governor's Proposed Amendments
- **2017-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-28** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-28** 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/ff76521a-3897-4ee7-aa63-642d0cfa49ed`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).