republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/hb-59.md

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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
Bill	Revise appointment of public defender for putative father in neglect cases	Revise appointment of public defender for putative father in neglect cases	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	HB 59	Montana HB 59 (2017)	bill	Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors) Family Law (see also: Minors)	enacted	Kimberly Dudik	1	51	8	2016-09-13	2017-03-01	openstates	ocd-bill/69e81d8a-f6f4-4488-a365-959ca459aa00	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0443&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	c72b22d11b2e525040669dd36c1dfb0f25658febbf8ada901575dcfe33eb84b0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 59 (2017) — Revise appointment of public defender for putative father in neglect cases

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• DO PASS — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 97–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 49–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 50–0 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 95–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Kimberly Dudik — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-09-13 Draft Request Received
• 2016-10-26 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-10-26 Draft in Legal Review
• 2016-11-21 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2016-11-21 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2016-11-21 Executive Director Review
• 2016-11-21 Draft in Assembly
• 2016-11-21 Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
• 2016-12-09 Introduced introduction
• 2016-12-09 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2016-12-09 Fiscal Note Requested
• 2016-12-27 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2016-12-28 Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-01-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-03 Fiscal Note Signed
• 2017-01-03 Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-01-09 Hearing
• 2017-01-11 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-01-11 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-01-12 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-01-12 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-01-13 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-01-13 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-13 Transmitted to Senate
• 2017-01-16 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-16 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Hearing
• 2017-02-03 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-02-03 Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
• 2017-02-03 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-02-06 Revised Fiscal Note Requested
• 2017-02-07 Revised Fiscal Note Received
• 2017-02-07 Revised Fiscal Note Signed
• 2017-02-07 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-07 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-02-07 Revised Fiscal Note Printed
• 2017-02-08 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-02-08 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-08 Returned to House with Amendments
• 2017-02-10 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-10 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment
• 2017-02-13 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-02-13 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-14 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-02-17 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-02-18 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-02-18 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-20 Signed by President
• 2017-02-20 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-01 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-03-01 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69e81d8a-f6f4-4488-a365-959ca459aa00. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).