republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/sb-89.md

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Bill	Generally revise automobile franchise laws	Generally revise automobile franchise laws	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	SB 89	Montana SB 89 (2017)	bill	Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation) Trade Regulations and Competition	enacted	Gordon Vance	1	45	6	2016-11-15	2017-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/b2a83084-a162-4c11-aa7b-34188ae38c73	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0859&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	f9ec7d9a4a35f639f140ce55d1fcce613987673b50187c785798300b9e61f242	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 89 (2017) — Generally revise automobile franchise laws

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 93–7 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 89–8 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 49–0 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS — 10–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 49–0 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN — 18–1 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Gordon Vance — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-11-15 Draft Request Received
• 2016-12-08 Draft On Hold
• 2016-12-12 Draft Taken Off Hold
• 2016-12-14 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-12-22 Draft in Legal Review
• 2016-12-23 Draft in Edit
• 2016-12-23 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
• 2016-12-23 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2016-12-28 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2016-12-28 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2016-12-28 Executive Director Review
• 2016-12-28 Draft in Assembly
• 2016-12-29 Executive Director Final Review
• 2016-12-29 Draft Ready for Delivery
• 2017-01-05 Draft Delivered to Requester
• 2017-01-05 Introduced introduction
• 2017-01-05 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2017-01-06 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-06 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-12 Hearing
• 2017-01-18 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-01-19 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-01-26 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-01-26 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-01-27 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-01-27 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-27 Transmitted to House
• 2017-01-31 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-31 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-10 Hearing
• 2017-02-17 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2017-02-17 Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2017-03-09 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-03-09 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-03-10 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-03-10 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-03-10 Returned to Senate
• 2017-03-11 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-03-13 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-03-14 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-03-15 Signed by President
• 2017-03-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-16 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/b2a83084-a162-4c11-aa7b-34188ae38c73. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).