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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Define public purpose of easements on state lands"
+description: "Define public purpose of easements on state lands"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "HB 299"
+citation: "Montana HB 299 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Property", "State Government", "State Lands"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Eric Tilleman"]
+version_count: 19
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2024-12-17T17:24:39+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-05-08T16:36:50+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/228a64f2-dfda-4608-844c-d7fdf0d63662"
+source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2857?open_tab=sum"
+source_hash: "39d870e0933365eb205456401f56595122fc7d31881ccf1bd26ec2e176c45ddc"
+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 HB 299 (2025) — Define public purpose of easements on state lands
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0299_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275544)
+2. **HB0299_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276583)
+3. **HB0299_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280629)
+4. **HB0299_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296849)
+5. **HB0299_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309705)
+6. **HB0299_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309707)
+7. **HB0299_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273826)
+8. **HB0299_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311498)
+9. **HB0299_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327020)
+10. **HB0299_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311499)
+11. **HB0299_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317031)
+12. **HB0299_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320598)
+13. **HB0299_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322083)
+14. **HB0299_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322084)
+15. **HB0299_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322085)
+16. **HB0299_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324800)
+17. **HB0299_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326691)
+18. **HB0299_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311009)
+19. **LC2857.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272319)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Eric Tilleman — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-17T17:24:39+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
+- **2025-01-15T21:50:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
+- **2025-01-16T16:25:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
+- **2025-01-17T14:43:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2025-01-20T20:29:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2025-01-20T23:16:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
+- **2025-01-21T15:13:35+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2025-01-23T16:00:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2025-01-23T20:08:23+00:00** (H) Introduced
+- **2025-01-24T18:26:26+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-24T20:08:52+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-01T01:02:52+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
+- **2025-02-04T00:51:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-04T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
+- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-02-07T20:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-02-10T22:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-02-10T23:05:02+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
+- **2025-02-11T20:32:28+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2025-02-20T16:30:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-12T14:47:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-03-21T20:55:23+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-03-24T20:33:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2025-04-10T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-10T22:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T22:07:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2025-04-11T22:15:02+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
+- **2025-04-16T12:23:10+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
+- **2025-04-23T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
+- **2025-04-25T21:32:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-08T16:36:50+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/228a64f2-dfda-4608-844c-d7fdf0d63662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+