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Montana SB 178 (2017) — Revise when a primary must be held for county nonpartisan offices.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — 8–0 (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — 20–0 (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — 98–0 (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — 50–0 (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — 49–1 (pass) · legislature
- Nels Swandal — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2016-11-30 Draft Request Received
- 2017-01-23 Draft to Requester for Review
- 2017-01-24 Draft in Legal Review
- 2017-01-24 Draft in Edit
- 2017-01-24 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- 2017-01-25 Draft in Input/Proofing
- 2017-01-25 Draft in Final Drafter Review
- 2017-01-25 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- 2017-01-25 Executive Director Review
- 2017-01-25 Draft in Assembly
- 2017-01-25 Executive Director Final Review
- 2017-01-25 Draft Ready for Delivery
- 2017-01-31 Draft Delivered to Requester
- 2017-01-31 Introduced
introduction
- 2017-01-31 First Reading
reading-1
- 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee
referral-committee
- 2017-01-31 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- 2017-02-13 Hearing
- 2017-02-20 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
committee-passage
- 2017-02-21 Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended
committee-passage
- 2017-02-21 Printed - New Version Available
- 2017-02-23 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- 2017-02-23 2nd Reading Passed
reading-2
- 2017-02-24 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- 2017-02-24 3rd Reading Passed
passage, reading-3
- 2017-02-24 Transmitted to House
- 2017-02-25 Referred to Committee
referral-committee
- 2017-02-25 First Reading
reading-1
- 2017-03-15 Hearing
- 2017-03-22 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- 2017-03-22 Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- 2017-03-23 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- 2017-03-23 2nd Reading Concurred
reading-2
- 2017-03-24 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- 2017-03-24 3rd Reading Concurred
passage, reading-3
- 2017-03-24 Returned to Senate
- 2017-03-25 Sent to Enrolling
- 2017-03-27 Returned from Enrolling
- 2017-03-27 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- 2017-03-29 Signed by President
- 2017-03-30 Signed by Speaker
- 2017-03-31 Transmitted to Governor
executive-receipt
- 2017-04-07 Signed by Governor
executive-signature
- 2017-04-07 Chapter Number Assigned
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/737db40a-bd35-46d2-8d49-04f16ced9dc1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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