republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/hb-427.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Clarify property owner not liable for firefighter acts	Clarify property owner not liable for firefighter acts	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	HB 427	Montana HB 427 (2017)	bill	Fires and Fire Protection Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)	enacted	Austin Knudsen	1	47	6	2016-12-03	2017-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/7e1a3dee-d885-481c-83a6-fbcf7b68b65e	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC1557&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	e9b763d9b25224c3908dfb3735bf5bb7b86bf85b4cca2ef5f84ba59075f1e6a6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 427 (2017) — Clarify property owner not liable for firefighter acts

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 99–1 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN — 11–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 48–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 97–2 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 50–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Austin Knudsen — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-12-03 Draft Request Received
• 2016-12-08 Draft On Hold
• 2017-01-18 Draft Taken Off Hold
• 2017-02-03 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2017-02-03 Draft in Legal Review
• 2017-02-04 Draft in Edit
• 2017-02-04 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
• 2017-02-04 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2017-02-06 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2017-02-06 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2017-02-06 Executive Director Review
• 2017-02-06 Draft in Assembly
• 2017-02-06 Executive Director Final Review
• 2017-02-06 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2017-02-07 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2017-02-09 Introduced introduction
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-13 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2017-02-15 Hearing
• 2017-02-17 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-02-17 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-02-17 Sponsors Engrossed
• 2017-02-18 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-02-20 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-20 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-02-21 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-02-21 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-21 Transmitted to Senate
• 2017-02-22 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-22 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-24 Hearing
• 2017-03-24 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2017-03-24 Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2017-03-31 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-03-31 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-04-01 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-04-01 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-04-03 Returned to House
• 2017-04-03 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-04-05 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-04-05 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-04-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-10 Signed by President
• 2017-04-10 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-20 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-04-20 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7e1a3dee-d885-481c-83a6-fbcf7b68b65e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).