republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/hb-185.md

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Bill	Establish grant program to eliminate tuition for certain postsecondary programs	Establish grant program to eliminate tuition for certain postsecondary programs	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	HB 185	Montana HB 185 (2017)	bill	University System (see also: Colleges)	enacted	Shane A Morigeau	1	68	8	2016-12-05	2017-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/c9592ca6-7cd7-404a-a62f-61f9dabda378	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC1838&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	1aaad403224c2749986c69f6ef3ab1e6c13e59622a84448811e778b955b775bf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 185 (2017) — Establish grant program to eliminate tuition for certain postsecondary programs

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 59–41 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 62–37 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 26–24 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 67–33 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 27–23 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS AS AMENDED — 12–5 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 69–30 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 5–3 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Shane A Morigeau — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-05 Draft Request Received
• 2016-12-27 Fiscal Note Probable
• 2016-12-27 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-12-30 Draft in Legal Review
• 2016-12-30 Draft in Edit
• 2016-12-30 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
• 2017-01-02 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2017-01-02 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2017-01-02 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2017-01-02 Executive Director Review
• 2017-01-02 Draft in Assembly
• 2017-01-02 Executive Director Final Review
• 2017-01-02 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2017-01-03 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2017-01-05 Introduced introduction
• 2017-01-05 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2017-01-06 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-16 Hearing
• 2017-01-18 Tabled in Committee amendment-deferral
• 2017-01-25 Taken from Table in Committee
• 2017-01-25 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2017-01-26 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended committee-passage
• 2017-01-26 Sponsor List Modified
• 2017-01-26 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-01-27 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2017-01-30 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-01-30 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-01-31 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-01-31 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-31 Transmitted to Senate
• 2017-02-01 Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-02-01 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-02 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Requested
• 2017-02-03 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-02-08 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-02-08 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
• 2017-02-08 Hearing
• 2017-02-08 Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-03-10 Tabled in Committee amendment-deferral
• 2017-03-13 Taken from Table in Committee
• 2017-03-29 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-03-30 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-03-30 Revised Fiscal Note Requested
• 2017-03-30 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-03-31 Revised Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-04-04 Revised Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-04-04 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-04-04 Revised Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-04-04 Revised Fiscal Note Signed
• 2017-04-04 Revised Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-04-04 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-04-05 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-04-05 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-06 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2017-04-11 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-04-11 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment
• 2017-04-12 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-04-12 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-13 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-04-18 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-04-18 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-04-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-24 Signed by President
• 2017-04-24 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-25 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-04-25 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9592ca6-7cd7-404a-a62f-61f9dabda378. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).