HB 213 — Revise motor vehicle license plate laws
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✓Passed Senate
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✓To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced November 17, 2016. Enacted.
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Enacted
Current position in the legislative process.
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1 sponsor
1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
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Cleared a recorded vote
Passed 6 recorded votes so far.
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Bill Text
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Read HB 213 on the official Montana source →Action History
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Signed by Governor
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Signed by President
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3rd Reading Concurred
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2nd Reading Concurred
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Committee Report--Bill Concurred
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Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
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Hearing
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Referred to Committee
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First Reading
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3rd Reading Passed
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Scheduled for 3rd Reading
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2nd Reading Passed
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Scheduled for 2nd Reading
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Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended
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Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended
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Fiscal Note Received
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First Reading
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Fiscal Note Requested
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Introduced
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Draft Delivered to Requester
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Draft Ready for Delivery
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Executive Director Final Review
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Draft in Assembly
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Executive Director Review
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Draft Request Received
Sponsors
- Sherry Essmann · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 205 not signed on · 3 voted No
Sponsors (1)
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (205)
205 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 205 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
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| Unaffiliated | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 94% | 6% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Moore, Frederick | — | Yea |
| Barrett, Dick | — | Yea |
| Olszewski, Albert | — | Yea |
| Swandal, Nels | — | Yea |
| Phillips, Mike | — | Yea |
| Thomas, Fred | — | Yea |
| Vincent, Chas | — | Yea |
| Richmond, Tom | — | Yea |
| Vuckovich, Gene | — | Yea |
| Sales, Scott | — | Yea |
| Webb, Roger | — | Yea |
| Connell, Pat | — | Yea |
| Salomon, Daniel | — | Yea |
| Facey, Tom | — | Yea |
| MacDonald, Margaret | — | Yea |
| Whitford, Lea | — | Yea |
| Malek, Sue | — | Yea |
| Sesso, Jon | — | Yea |
| Wolken, Cynthia | — | Yea |
| Ankney, Duane | — | Yea |
| Blasdel, Mark | — | Yea |
| Bob Brown | — | Yea |
| Boland, Carlie | — | Yea |
| Ed Buttrey | — | Yea |
| Edie McClafferty | — | Yea |
| Frank Smith | — | Nay |
| Gauthier, Terry | — | Yea |
| Gross, Jen | — | Yea |
| Hinebauch, Steve | — | Yea |
| Hoven, Brian | — | Nay |
| Howard, David | — | Yea |
| Jason Small | — | Yea |
| Jedediah Hinkle | — | Yea |
| Jill Cohenour | — | Yea |
| Kary, Douglas (Doug) | — | Yea |
| Keenan, Bob | — | Yea |
| Lang, Mike | — | Yea |
| Llew Jones | — | Yea |
| Mary Caferro | — | Yea |
| McNally, Mary | — | Yea |
| Osmundson, Ryan | — | Yea |
| Paul Fielder | — | Yea |
| Pomnichowski, JP | — | Yea |
| Regier, Keith | — | Yea |
| Russ Tempel | — | Yea |
| Sands, Diane | — | Yea |
| Smith, Cary | — | Yea |
| Steve Fitzpatrick | — | Yea |
| Vance, Gordon | — | Yea |
| Welborn, Jeffrey | — | Nay |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 49 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (50)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Moore, Frederick | — | Yea |
| Barrett, Dick | — | Yea |
| Olszewski, Albert | — | Yea |
| Swandal, Nels | — | Yea |
| Phillips, Mike | — | Yea |
| Thomas, Fred | — | Yea |
| Vincent, Chas | — | Not Voting |
| Richmond, Tom | — | Yea |
| Vuckovich, Gene | — | Yea |
| Sales, Scott | — | Yea |
| Webb, Roger | — | Yea |
| Connell, Pat | — | Yea |
| Salomon, Daniel | — | Yea |
| Facey, Tom | — | Yea |
| MacDonald, Margaret | — | Yea |
| Whitford, Lea | — | Yea |
| Malek, Sue | — | Yea |
| Sesso, Jon | — | Yea |
| Wolken, Cynthia | — | Yea |
| Ankney, Duane | — | Yea |
| Blasdel, Mark | — | Yea |
| Bob Brown | — | Yea |
| Boland, Carlie | — | Yea |
| Ed Buttrey | — | Yea |
| Edie McClafferty | — | Yea |
| Frank Smith | — | Yea |
| Gauthier, Terry | — | Yea |
| Gross, Jen | — | Yea |
| Hinebauch, Steve | — | Yea |
| Hoven, Brian | — | Yea |
| Howard, David | — | Yea |
| Jason Small | — | Yea |
| Jedediah Hinkle | — | Yea |
| Jill Cohenour | — | Yea |
| Kary, Douglas (Doug) | — | Yea |
| Keenan, Bob | — | Yea |
| Lang, Mike | — | Yea |
| Llew Jones | — | Yea |
| Mary Caferro | — | Yea |
| McNally, Mary | — | Yea |
| Osmundson, Ryan | — | Yea |
| Paul Fielder | — | Yea |
| Pomnichowski, JP | — | Yea |
| Regier, Keith | — | Yea |
| Russ Tempel | — | Yea |
| Sands, Diane | — | Yea |
| Smith, Cary | — | Yea |
| Steve Fitzpatrick | — | Yea |
| Vance, Gordon | — | Yea |
| Welborn, Jeffrey | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (10)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Webb, Roger | — | Yea |
| Whitford, Lea | — | Yea |
| Bob Brown | — | Yea |
| Boland, Carlie | — | Yea |
| Ed Buttrey | — | Yea |
| Gauthier, Terry | — | Yea |
| Gross, Jen | — | Yea |
| Pomnichowski, JP | — | Yea |
| Steve Fitzpatrick | — | Yea |
| Vance, Gordon | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Bachmeier, Jacob | — | Yea |
| Knokey, Jon | — | Yea |
| Rosendale, Adam | — | Yea |
| Ballance, Nancy | — | Yea |
| Fleming, John | — | Yea |
| Ryan, Marilyn | — | Yea |
| Flynn, Kelly | — | Yea |
| Knudsen, Austin | — | Yea |
| Sales, Walt | — | Yea |
| Funk, Moffie | — | Yea |
| Lavin, Steve | — | Yea |
| Schreiner, Casey | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Ray | — | Yea |
| Berglee, Seth | — | Yea |
| Garner, Frank | — | Yea |
| Skees, Derek | — | Yea |
| Brodehl, Randy | — | Yea |
| Greef, Edward | — | Yea |
| Smith, Bridget | — | Yea |
| Grubbs, Bruce | — | Yea |
| Staffanson, Scott | — | Yea |
| McCarthy, Kelly | — | Yea |
| Stewart-Peregoy, Sharon | — | Yea |
| Burnett, Tom | — | Yea |
| McConnell, Nate | — | Yea |
| Swanson, Kathy | — | Yea |
| Cook, Rob | — | Yea |
| Hamlett, Bradley | — | Yea |
| Court, Virginia | — | Yea |
| Harris, Bill | — | Yea |
| Tschida, Brad | — | Yea |
| Mortensen, Dale | — | Yea |
| Curtis, Amanda | — | Yea |
| O'Hara, James | — | Yea |
| Wagoner, Kirk | — | Yea |
| Custer, Geraldine | — | Yea |
| Hill Smith, Ellie | — | Yea |
| Webb, Peggy | — | Yea |
| Doane, Alan | — | Yea |
| Holmlund, Kenneth | — | Yea |
| Patelis, Jimmy | — | Yea |
| Kipp, George | — | Yea |
| Dudik, Kimberly | — | Yea |
| Peppers, Rae | — | Yea |
| Jacobson, Tom | — | Yea |
| Perry, Zac | — | Yea |
| White, Kerry | — | Yea |
| Eck, Jennifer | — | Yea |
| Pierson, Gordon | — | Yea |
| Ehli, Ron | — | Yea |
| Karjala, Jessica | — | Yea |
| Price, Jean | — | Yea |
| Woods, Tom | — | Yea |
| Keane, Jim | — | Yea |
| Redfield, Alan | — | Yea |
| Andrea Olsen | — | Yea |
| Barry Usher | — | Yea |
| Becky Beard | — | Yea |
| Bob Brown | — | Yea |
| Bob Brown | — | Yea |
| Carl Glimm | — | Yea |
| Casey Knudsen | — | Yea |
| Dan Bartel | — | Yea |
| Daniel Zolnikov | — | Yea |
| Dave Fern | — | Yea |
| Denise Hayman | — | Yea |
| Denley Loge | — | Yea |
| Dennis Lenz | — | Yea |
| Forrest Mandeville | — | Yea |
| Fred Anderson | — | Yea |
| Greg Hertz | — | Yea |
| Greg Hertz | — | Yea |
| Janet Ellis | — | Yea |
| Jeremy Trebas | — | Yea |
| Jim Hamilton | — | Yea |
| Jonathan Windy Boy | — | Yea |
| Kathy Kelker | — | Yea |
| Kim Abbott | — | Yea |
| Laurie Bishop | — | Yea |
| Llew Jones | — | Yea |
| Lola Sheldon-Galloway | — | Yea |
| Lyn Bennett | — | Yea |
| Mark Noland | — | Yea |
| Mary Ann Dunwell | — | Yea |
| Matt Regier | — | Yea |
| Mike Cuffe | — | Yea |
| Mike Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Ross Fitzgerald | — | Yea |
| Ryan Lynch | — | Yea |
| Shane Morigeau | — | Yea |
| Sherry Essmann | — | Yea |
| Steve Gunderson | — | Yea |
| Sue Vinton | — | Yea |
| Susan Webber | — | Yea |
| Theresa Manzella | — | Yea |
| Tom Welch | — | Yea |
| Vince Ricci | — | Yea |
| Wendy McKamey | — | Yea |
| Willis Curdy | — | Yea |
| Wylie Galt | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 98 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 98 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 1% | 0% | 1% |
How each member voted (100)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Kipp, George | — | Yea |
| Bachmeier, Jacob | — | Yea |
| Knokey, Jon | — | Yea |
| Rosendale, Adam | — | Yea |
| Ballance, Nancy | — | Yea |
| Fleming, John | — | Yea |
| Ryan, Marilyn | — | Yea |
| Flynn, Kelly | — | Yea |
| Knudsen, Austin | — | Yea |
| Sales, Walt | — | Yea |
| Funk, Moffie | — | Yea |
| Lavin, Steve | — | Yea |
| Schreiner, Casey | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Ray | — | Yea |
| Berglee, Seth | — | Yea |
| Garner, Frank | — | Yea |
| Skees, Derek | — | Yea |
| Brodehl, Randy | — | Yea |
| Greef, Edward | — | Yea |
| Smith, Bridget | — | Yea |
| Grubbs, Bruce | — | Yea |
| Staffanson, Scott | — | Yea |
| McCarthy, Kelly | — | Yea |
| Stewart-Peregoy, Sharon | — | Yea |
| Burnett, Tom | — | Yea |
| McConnell, Nate | — | Yea |
| Swanson, Kathy | — | Yea |
| Cook, Rob | — | Yea |
| Hamlett, Bradley | — | Yea |
| Court, Virginia | — | Yea |
| Harris, Bill | — | Yea |
| Tschida, Brad | — | Yea |
| Mortensen, Dale | — | Yea |
| Curtis, Amanda | — | Yea |
| O'Hara, James | — | Yea |
| Wagoner, Kirk | — | Yea |
| Custer, Geraldine | — | Yea |
| Hill Smith, Ellie | — | Yea |
| Webb, Peggy | — | Yea |
| Doane, Alan | — | Yea |
| Holmlund, Kenneth | — | Yea |
| Patelis, Jimmy | — | Yea |
| Dudik, Kimberly | — | Yea |
| Peppers, Rae | — | Yea |
| Jacobson, Tom | — | Yea |
| Perry, Zac | — | Yea |
| White, Kerry | — | Yea |
| Eck, Jennifer | — | Yea |
| Pierson, Gordon | — | Yea |
| Ehli, Ron | — | Yea |
| Karjala, Jessica | — | Yea |
| Price, Jean | — | Yea |
| Woods, Tom | — | Yea |
| Keane, Jim | — | Nay |
| Redfield, Alan | — | Yea |
| Andrea Olsen | — | Yea |
| Barry Usher | — | Yea |
| Becky Beard | — | Yea |
| Bob Brown | — | Yea |
| Bob Brown | — | Yea |
| Carl Glimm | — | Yea |
| Casey Knudsen | — | Yea |
| Dan Bartel | — | Yea |
| Daniel Zolnikov | — | Yea |
| Dave Fern | — | Yea |
| Denise Hayman | — | Yea |
| Denley Loge | — | Yea |
| Dennis Lenz | — | Yea |
| Forrest Mandeville | — | Yea |
| Fred Anderson | — | Yea |
| Greg Hertz | — | Yea |
| Greg Hertz | — | Yea |
| Janet Ellis | — | Yea |
| Jeremy Trebas | — | Yea |
| Jim Hamilton | — | Yea |
| Jonathan Windy Boy | — | Yea |
| Kathy Kelker | — | Yea |
| Kim Abbott | — | Yea |
| Laurie Bishop | — | Yea |
| Llew Jones | — | Yea |
| Lola Sheldon-Galloway | — | Yea |
| Lyn Bennett | — | Yea |
| Mark Noland | — | Yea |
| Mary Ann Dunwell | — | Yea |
| Matt Regier | — | Yea |
| Mike Cuffe | — | Yea |
| Mike Hopkins | — | Yea |
| Ross Fitzgerald | — | Yea |
| Ryan Lynch | — | Yea |
| Shane Morigeau | — | Yea |
| Sherry Essmann | — | Yea |
| Steve Gunderson | — | Not Voting |
| Sue Vinton | — | Yea |
| Susan Webber | — | Yea |
| Theresa Manzella | — | Yea |
| Tom Welch | — | Yea |
| Vince Ricci | — | Yea |
| Wendy McKamey | — | Yea |
| Willis Curdy | — | Yea |
| Wylie Galt | — | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (13)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Doane, Alan | — | Yea |
| Garner, Frank | — | Yea |
| Grubbs, Bruce | — | Yea |
| Kipp, George G. | — | Yea |
| Lavin, Steve | — | Yea |
| Shaw, Ray L. | — | Yea |
| Smith, Bridget | — | Yea |
| Swanson, Kathy | — | Yea |
| Dave Fern | — | Yea |
| Denley Loge | — | Yea |
| Jeremy Trebas | — | Yea |
| Jim Hamilton | — | Yea |
| Wendy McKamey | — | Yea |
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- HB 213 is sponsored by Sherry Essmann.
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