republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/hb-473.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise highway revenue laws"
description: "Revise highway revenue laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 473"
citation: "Montana HB 473 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Highways and Roads", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Fuels"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Frank Garner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 74
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2016-12-03"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df9de60-2cae-4f22-a97e-36488215c40b"
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=LC1504&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "2ad9eccbc8f9f32d730ffb5b3e5f7a031bf22fa3a7fbe9fbc51f91b937657cc5"
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 473 (2017) — Revise highway revenue 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/HB0473.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-1 Moore D/PASS — **22–28** (fail) · legislature
- AMD-002 Essmann D/PASS — **39–61** (fail) · legislature
- Do Concur — **57–43** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-2 Howard D/PASS — **21–29** (fail) · legislature
- Do Concur — **61–39** (pass) · legislature
- Cloture-Brodehl — **78–21** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–3** (pass) · legislature
- Cloture-Brodehl — **85–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **28–22** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **12–10** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **54–46** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **56–44** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Frank Garner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-03** Draft Request Received
- **2017-02-09** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-09** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-10** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-22** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-22** Hearing
- **2017-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-23** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-23** Motion Carried
- **2017-03-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-23** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-27** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-27** Hearing
- **2017-03-27** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-27** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-29** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-30** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-04-07** Hearing
- **2017-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-13** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-19** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-20** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** Motion Carried
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-25** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7df9de60-2cae-4f22-a97e-36488215c40b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).