republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/hb-537.md

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Bill	Generally revise state probate laws	Generally revise state probate laws	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	HB 537	Montana HB 537 (2017)	bill	Estates and Trusts	enacted	Willis Curdy	1	46	6	2017-01-09	2017-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/087a1930-6aca-40e1-8a7b-c30653b71307	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC2396&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	f7fd8ab7e0315ff1a444d291e6d90e497576d318ea78abd847baae83ea9c5e65	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 537 (2017) — Generally revise state probate laws

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 54–46 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 55–45 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN — 10–1 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 45–5 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS — 13–6 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 44–4 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Willis Curdy — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Draft Request Received
• 2017-02-17 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2017-02-17 Draft in Legal Review
• 2017-02-17 Draft in Edit
• 2017-02-17 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
• 2017-02-17 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
• 2017-02-17 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2017-02-17 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2017-02-17 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2017-02-18 Executive Director Review
• 2017-02-18 Draft in Assembly
• 2017-02-18 Executive Director Final Review
• 2017-02-18 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2017-02-20 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2017-02-20 Introduced introduction
• 2017-02-20 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-20 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2017-02-23 Hearing
• 2017-02-24 Tabled in Committee amendment-deferral
• 2017-02-27 Taken from Table in Committee
• 2017-02-27 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-02-27 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-02-28 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-28 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-03-01 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-03-01 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-01 Transmitted to Senate
• 2017-03-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-06 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-29 Hearing
• 2017-03-29 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2017-03-29 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/087a1930-6aca-40e1-8a7b-c30653b71307. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).