republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/sb-3.md

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

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 election expenditure laws relating to candidate filing fee	Revise election expenditure laws relating to candidate filing fee	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	SB 3	Montana SB 3 (2017)	bill	Elections (see also: Ballot Issues)	enacted	Douglas (Doug) Kary	1	42	6	2016-03-18	2017-03-01	openstates	ocd-bill/e27dd370-7bc4-4e95-8981-16295e8c860f	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0048&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	0af1f526905fa2bd0afdc3f601fb610e976e3b8dbff2dd40c4a59afa7dd88f6f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 3 (2017) — Revise election expenditure laws relating to candidate filing fee

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 42–4 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 100–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 44–3 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS — 6–2 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN — 20–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Douglas (Doug) Kary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-03-18 Draft Request Received
• 2016-08-25 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-10-11 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-10-14 Draft in Legal Review
• 2016-10-25 Draft in Edit
• 2016-10-27 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
• 2016-10-27 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2016-11-07 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2016-11-07 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2016-11-07 Executive Director Review
• 2016-11-08 Draft in Assembly
• 2016-11-09 Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
• 2016-11-23 Introduced introduction
• 2016-11-23 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2016-12-07 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-06 Hearing
• 2017-01-16 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-01-17 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-01-19 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-01-19 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-01-20 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-01-20 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-20 Transmitted to House
• 2017-01-23 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Hearing
• 2017-02-16 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2017-02-16 Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2017-02-17 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-17 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-02-18 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-02-18 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-18 Returned to Senate
• 2017-02-20 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-02-20 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-02-21 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-02-22 Signed by President
• 2017-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-22 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/e27dd370-7bc4-4e95-8981-16295e8c860f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).