---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish the Louis Charles Charlo memorial highway"
description: "Establish the Louis Charles Charlo memorial highway"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 717"
citation: "Montana HB 717 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marvin Weatherwax"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-05"
last_action: "2019-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea649716-9ce0-41e5-91fd-a570cb84d469"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=717&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "d0ddfc2013c429718219d2e8616b8c032b407bf10837be8a89ad5881d94c3645"
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 717 (2019) — Establish the Louis Charles Charlo memorial highway

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0717_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0717_1.pdf)
2. **HB0717_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0717_2.pdf)
3. **HB0717_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0717_3.pdf)
4. **HB0717_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0799//HB0717_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0717.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass As Amended — **96–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **91–7** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Morigeau D/PASS — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Marvin Weatherwax — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-05** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-31** Draft On Hold
- **2019-03-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-19** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-21** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-30** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-04-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to House
- **2019-04-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea649716-9ce0-41e5-91fd-a570cb84d469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).