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type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise telephone cooperative laws"
description: "Generally revise telephone cooperative laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 172"
citation: "Montana HB 172 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Information Technology (see also: Communications)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ross H Fitzgerald"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ee35029-e90c-47ff-8d19-29fbf81f48cf"
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=LC1695&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "dcb7341296be9e010e76505487c8583965004a54ce63b1047d5ba727366d6964"
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 172 (2017) — Generally revise telephone cooperative laws
## 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/HB0172.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **8712** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **8316** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **937** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **100** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **916** (pass) · legislature
- Do Not Concur — **7822** (pass) · legislature
- Do Adopt — **427** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **399** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **500** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **163** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **470** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Ross H Fitzgerald — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-29** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-01-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-03** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-03** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-03** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-03** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-03** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-03** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-13** Hearing
- **2017-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-24** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-03** Hearing
- **2017-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-02-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-02-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-13** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-02-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-16** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Not Concurred
- **2017-02-16** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-02-17** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2017-03-13** Hearing
- **2017-03-13** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-03-14** Conference Committee Report Received
- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-15** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2017-03-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-16** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2017-03-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-16** 2nd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-2`
- **2017-03-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-17** 3rd Reading Conference Committee Report Adopted `reading-3`
- **2017-03-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-23** Signed by President
- **2017-03-24** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Chapter Number Assigned
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ee35029-e90c-47ff-8d19-29fbf81f48cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).