---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws on forest reserve money kept in state treasury"
description: "Revise laws on forest reserve money kept in state treasury"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 46"
citation: "Montana SB 46 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forests and Forestry", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chas Vincent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-09-02"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/91fb2b6d-a20e-4fb3-a5f7-5572d80c8a8e"
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=LC0332&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "b8ae37026e7cec28eb0f176e3ef4426cdbd898572c9a1f2d37853113826c1c32"
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 46 (2017) — Revise laws on forest reserve money kept in state treasury

## 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/SB0046.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **46–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chas Vincent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-02** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-01** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2016-12-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-12-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-12-01** Draft in Edit
- **2016-12-02** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-12-02** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-12-06** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-12-06** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-06** Executive Director Review
- **2016-12-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-12-07** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2016-12-29** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-05** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-09** Hearing
- **2017-01-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-19** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-20** Transmitted to House
- **2017-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-10** Hearing
- **2017-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-10** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-12** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/91fb2b6d-a20e-4fb3-a5f7-5572d80c8a8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).