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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise forest land taxation laws"
+description: "Revise forest land taxation laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "SB 3"
+citation: "Montana SB 3 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Forests and Forestry", "Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2022-07-26T19:58:07+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-05-22T20:51:48+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3760691-10f8-435b-9734-186728774a30"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0155"
+source_hash: "1dc157352612072cd4abbf30cc7832d1543c3a0d5bc3cc13536bbb3dc69b1a47"
+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 3 (2023) — Revise forest land taxation laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0003_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=205)
+2. **SB0003_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=204)
+
+## Votes
+
+- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **96–1** (pass) · lower
+- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · upper
+- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **21–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-05-22T20:51:48+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+- **2023-05-19T18:15:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-05-11T22:30:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-05-11T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-05-04T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2023-04-27T23:12:32+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
+- **2023-04-27T23:12:31+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2023-04-24T23:05:37+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2023-04-24T19:58:28+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
+- **2023-04-21T21:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-21T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20T19:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-20T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-04-12T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-04-12T21:55:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-12T20:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-03-20T20:01:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-20T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2023-03-16T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
+- **2023-03-11T15:11:03+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2023-03-11T14:14:32+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-27T21:38:20+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
+- **2023-01-26T21:40:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2023-01-24T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-24T00:56:09+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-23T23:30:22+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-01-18T21:04:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-18T20:15:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-12T20:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-11T21:07:19+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-10T15:00:51+00:00** (S) Hearing
+- **2023-01-02T19:38:51+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2022-12-02T15:51:44+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-12-01T21:24:55+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-11-30T00:28:40+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2022-11-30T00:28:34+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2022-11-29T23:44:40+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
+- **2022-11-29T21:02:09+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2022-11-28T20:42:54+00:00** (S) Introduced
+- **2022-11-28T20:42:53+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
+- **2022-11-04T18:11:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
+- **2022-11-03T13:42:57+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
+- **2022-11-02T21:00:40+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2022-11-02T21:00:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2022-09-16T18:30:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2022-09-16T18:18:59+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2022-09-14T16:12:19+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
+- **2022-09-07T15:21:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2022-07-26T19:58:07+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3760691-10f8-435b-9734-186728774a30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+