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type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise legislative bill drafting process laws"
description: "Generally revise legislative bill drafting process laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 279"
citation: "Montana SB 279 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Legislature"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chas Vincent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/174cc5f6-7b86-4280-86ba-665393b979fc"
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=LC2554&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "3047b6a93c2233a0e3637e42f833c52584cd839f5b09007946fb23109a0dde64"
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 SB 279 (2017) — Generally revise legislative bill drafting process 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/SB0279.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **500** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **86** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **180** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **500** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **7228** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **7227** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **62** (pass) · legislature
## Sponsors
- Chas Vincent — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-18** Draft Request Received
- **2017-02-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-13** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-14** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-15** 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** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-22** Hearing
- **2017-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Hearing
- **2017-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-21** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-28** Hearing
- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/174cc5f6-7b86-4280-86ba-665393b979fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).