---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws regarding taxation of certain airlines"
description: "Revise laws regarding taxation of certain airlines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 180"
citation: "Montana SB 180 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "Local", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-10-14"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc6b85ca-1996-4077-9048-4ce5114ff99c"
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=LC0538&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "8e4e8b9845817eee52b815a5c57641e89799f6f58e1d083ccad38e1ad8ef6c9f"
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 180 (2017) — Revise laws regarding taxation of certain airlines

## 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/SB0180.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **20–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mike Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-14** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-20** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-05** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-22** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-24** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-24** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-26** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-26** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-26** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-26** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-26** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-26** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-27** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-31** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-31** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-14** Hearing
- **2017-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-02-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-18** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-08** Hearing
- **2017-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-11** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing
- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-22** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-04** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-05** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-05** Signed by President
- **2017-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-13** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc6b85ca-1996-4077-9048-4ce5114ff99c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).