---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove suspension of driver's license as punishment for certain crimes"
description: "Remove suspension of driver's license as punishment for certain crimes"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 217"
citation: "Montana HB 217 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Crimes", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casey Knudsen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 52
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-10-31"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1dbda481-ba3e-407d-9dba-356d7fedb005"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=217&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "a6e8bc7acabca5b8c7e24bd0ce2bf736e626ccb205eeddb76a3b925db7c2631b"
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 HB 217 (2019) — Remove suspension of driver's license as punishment for certain crimes

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0217_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0217_1.pdf)
2. **HB0217_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0217_2.pdf)
3. **HB0217_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0217_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0217.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **65–29** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **26–24** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Take HB 217 from Comm To 2nd Reading Today-McConnell — **26–24** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **13–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Casey Knudsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-10-31** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-01** Draft On Hold
- **2018-12-12** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-09** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-10** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-10** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-08** Hearing
- **2019-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-03-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-14** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-18** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Hearing
- **2019-04-05** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-17** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Returned to House
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1dbda481-ba3e-407d-9dba-356d7fedb005`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).