---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize necessary measures to implement House Bill 2"
description: "Authorize necessary measures to implement House Bill 2"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "Montana SB 95 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Llew Jones"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2016-11-15"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e711b0e4-4920-42dd-acd9-ae2fb30b3813"
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=LC0907&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "94fb3c8b8a2ae409ffb018efa59282af96ba2383747c45e377062e1111b200f4"
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 95 (2017) — Authorize necessary measures to implement House Bill 2

## 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/SB0095.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **72–28** (pass) · legislature
- Do Not Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **22–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **75–25** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Adopt — **37–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-002 Zolnikov D/PASS — **48–52** (fail) · legislature
- Do Adopt — **37–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Llew Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-05** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-12-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-27** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-04** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-05** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-06** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-06** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-06** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-10** Legal Review Note
- **2017-01-11** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-13** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-24** Hearing
- **2017-01-24** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-03-24** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-03-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-28** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-07** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-04-12** Hearing
- **2017-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-13** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-18** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **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
- **2017-04-19** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-20** Motion Carried
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-20** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-20** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-04-26** Hearing
- **2017-04-26** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-26** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-04-26** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-26** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2017-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-27** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **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`
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e711b0e4-4920-42dd-acd9-ae2fb30b3813`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).