---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise collection of payment for historic rights of way"
description: "Revise collection of payment for historic rights of way"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "Montana SB 15 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Highways and Roads", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-09-08"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43163498-230b-4e60-b348-2e4f2fe9a9bf"
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=LC0401&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "c8ee6dd0bdcc53d2750b08a6f98e75bcf4c7cb96e1bc3c7e3e40fc11a2ea94cb"
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 15 (2017) — Revise collection of payment for historic rights of way

## 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/SB0015.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **13–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **67–33** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **63–37** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **11–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-08** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-11-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-11-18** Draft in Edit
- **2016-11-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-11-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-23** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-23** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-28** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-11-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-11-30** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-02** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-10** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-10** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-11** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-11** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-11** Hearing
- **2017-01-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-11** Sponsor Rebuttal to Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-18** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-01-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-01-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13** Hearing
- **2017-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-04** 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/43163498-230b-4e60-b348-2e4f2fe9a9bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).