republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/hb-144.md

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Bill	Generally revise motor vehicle laws	Generally revise motor vehicle laws	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	HB 144	Montana HB 144 (2017)	bill	Alcohol and Drugs Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation) Rule Making Traffic Regulations (see also: Motor Vehicles)	enacted	Zach Brown	1	68	11	2016-07-06	2017-05-05	openstates	ocd-bill/2bcee8d1-8cfc-4a31-9782-fde892d7a315	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0184&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	6e6ee8628d6280c5b196f46b477190bf4579b8efd23e7a1bb133f0c40bbed26c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 144 (2017) — Generally revise motor vehicle laws

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• DO PASS AS AMENDED — 12–1 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 6–4 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 87–13 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Indefinitely Postpone -Thomas — 17–33 (fail) · legislature
• Do Concur — 69–31 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 49–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 83–17 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 23–27 (fail) · legislature
• Do Concur — 50–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 65–35 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Zach Brown — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-07-06 Draft Request Received
• 2016-11-17 Fiscal Note Probable
• 2016-11-22 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-12-08 Draft in Legal Review
• 2016-12-08 Draft in Edit
• 2016-12-09 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
• 2016-12-12 Draft Back for Redo
• 2016-12-12 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-12-12 Draft in Legal Review
• 2016-12-13 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
• 2016-12-13 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2016-12-13 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2016-12-13 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2016-12-13 Executive Director Review
• 2016-12-13 Draft in Assembly
• 2016-12-14 Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
• 2016-12-15 Introduced introduction
• 2016-12-15 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2016-12-16 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2016-12-27 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-02 Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-01-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-03 Fiscal Note Signed
• 2017-01-03 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-01-10 Rereferred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-10 Hearing Canceled
• 2017-01-16 Hearing Canceled
• 2017-01-23 Hearing
• 2017-01-25 Tabled in Committee amendment-deferral
• 2017-02-01 Taken from Table in Committee
• 2017-02-01 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2017-02-02 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2017-02-02 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-02-06 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-06 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-02-07 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-07 Transmitted to Senate
• 2017-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-08 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-07 Hearing
• 2017-03-14 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-03-15 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-03-15 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-03-20 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-03-20 2nd Reading Concur Motion Failed reading-2
• 2017-03-20 2nd Reading Indefinitely Postpone Motion Failed reading-2
• 2017-03-20 Taken from 2nd Reading; Rereferred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-04-05 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-04-05 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-04-06 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-04-06 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-04-07 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-04-07 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-07 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2017-04-19 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-04-19 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment
• 2017-04-20 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-04-20 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-20 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-04-25 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-04-26 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-04-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-29 Signed by President
• 2017-05-01 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-05-04 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-05-05 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2bcee8d1-8cfc-4a31-9782-fde892d7a315. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).