---
type: "Bill"
title: "Good neighbor forestry to encourage economic development"
description: "Good neighbor forestry to encourage economic development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 342"
citation: "Montana SB 342 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Federal Government", "Forests and Forestry", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chas Vincent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-07-19"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/05ab2876-1eb4-4ea9-9eb2-b75f4e9bf19e"
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=LC0200&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "9b023599985448a38a2f3c77f3ee786ee255f5d4c20a7a31d47dfdecbbaa215f"
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 342 (2017) — Good neighbor forestry to encourage economic development

## 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/SB0342.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chas Vincent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-07-19** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-09** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-14** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-14** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-02** Draft On Hold
- **2017-02-13** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-13** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-18** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-20** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-20** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-20** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-03-09** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-03-10** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-10** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-10** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-10** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-16** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-16** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-20** Hearing
- **2017-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-29** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-31** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-31** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-04-02** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-04-10** Hearing
- **2017-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-22** 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/05ab2876-1eb4-4ea9-9eb2-b75f4e9bf19e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).