republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/sb-228.md

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Bill	Exempting needle and syringe exchange providers from drug paraphernalia laws	Exempting needle and syringe exchange providers from drug paraphernalia laws	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	SB 228	Montana SB 228 (2017)	bill	Alcohol and Drugs Crimes Criminal Procedure (see also: Law Enforcement)	enacted	Duane Ankney	1	46	6	2017-01-17	2017-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/fdee4c40-fd9f-4376-b8fc-77169d667c9c	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC2542&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	9168be4a3de3c26b08e117b64ad57bd09c58f876c83064b127481c3740f91c03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 228 (2017) — Exempting needle and syringe exchange providers from drug paraphernalia laws

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• BE CONCURRED IN — 19–0 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS — 6–3 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 91–6 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 38–12 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 41–9 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 94–6 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Duane Ankney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-17 Draft Request Received
• 2017-01-18 Draft On Hold
• 2017-02-04 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2017-02-07 Draft in Legal Review
• 2017-02-07 Draft in Edit
• 2017-02-07 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
• 2017-02-07 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2017-02-07 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2017-02-07 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2017-02-07 Executive Director Review
• 2017-02-07 Draft in Assembly
• 2017-02-07 Executive Director Final Review
• 2017-02-07 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2017-02-08 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2017-02-08 Introduced introduction
• 2017-02-09 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2017-02-17 Hearing
• 2017-02-20 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-02-21 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-02-21 Sponsors Engrossed
• 2017-02-21 Printed - New Version Available
• 2017-02-22 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-22 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-02-23 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-02-23 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-23 Transmitted to House
• 2017-02-24 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-24 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-03-13 Hearing
• 2017-03-13 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2017-03-13 Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2017-03-15 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-03-15 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-03-16 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-03-16 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-16 Returned to Senate
• 2017-03-17 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-03-20 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-03-20 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-03-20 Signed by President
• 2017-03-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-21 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-23 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-03-23 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fdee4c40-fd9f-4376-b8fc-77169d667c9c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).