---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow low-interest coal tax trust fund loans to certain local governments"
description: "Allow low-interest coal tax trust fund loans to certain local governments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 140"
citation: "Montana SB 140 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Rule Making", "Taxation--Coal (see also: Appropriations", "Coal Tax Fund Principal)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Ankney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-29"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bde5701b-9c8b-495f-a34d-5efac53e7635"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC1211&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "86c58e7ded4e910dcd5fb20ebaafd156575d32851fc98cf2e8922327f0ff286c"
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 140 (2017) — Allow low-interest coal tax trust fund loans to certain local governments

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0140.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–5** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **57–42** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **56–44** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Duane Ankney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-11-29** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-10** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-11** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-12** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-12** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-30** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-30** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-30** Hearing
- **2017-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-02** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-08** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-09** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-09** Transmitted to House
- **2017-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-17** Hearing
- **2017-03-29** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-04-10** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-04-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-21** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-24** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-28** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bde5701b-9c8b-495f-a34d-5efac53e7635`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).