republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/hb-147.md

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Bill	Requiring search warrant for gov access to electronic devices	Requiring search warrant for gov access to electronic devices	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	HB 147	Montana HB 147 (2017)	bill	Privacy	enacted	Daniel Zolnikov	1	66	9	2016-11-12	2017-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/d1b049de-51f9-442e-867a-3f291f35afc5	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0768&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	08f822bc7e03f394a1bcf70cb275b866e4c0990387f637f9ac53f5a37b6f3ecd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 147 (2017) — Requiring search warrant for gov access to electronic devices

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 94–4 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 48–1 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS AS AMENDED — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS — 22–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 99–1 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 49–1 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 96–2 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 99–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Daniel Zolnikov — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-12 Draft Request Received
• 2016-11-29 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-11-29 Draft in Legal Review
• 2016-12-11 Draft in Edit
• 2016-12-12 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
• 2016-12-12 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
• 2016-12-16 Executive Director Final Review
• 2016-12-16 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2017-01-02 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2017-01-02 Introduced introduction
• 2017-01-03 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2017-01-03 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-03 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-03 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2017-01-09 Sponsor List Modified
• 2017-01-10 Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-01-10 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
• 2017-01-11 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-01-11 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
• 2017-01-11 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-01-17 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-01-20 Hearing
• 2017-02-01 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2017-02-01 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2017-02-01 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-02-03 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-03 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-02-03 Rereferred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Hearing
• 2017-02-08 Revised Fiscal Note Requested
• 2017-02-10 Revised Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-02-10 Revised Fiscal Note Signed
• 2017-02-13 Revised Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-02-13 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-02-14 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-02-15 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-02-15 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-15 Transmitted to Senate
• 2017-02-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-16 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-10 Hearing
• 2017-03-16 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-03-16 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-03-16 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-03-21 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-03-22 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-03-22 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-03-23 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-03-23 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-23 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2017-03-31 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-03-31 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment
• 2017-04-01 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-04-01 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-03 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-04-03 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-04-04 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-04-05 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-05 Signed by President
• 2017-04-06 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-14 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-04-14 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d1b049de-51f9-442e-867a-3f291f35afc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).