---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to agricultural use of special fuel"
description: "Revise laws related to agricultural use of special fuel"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 137"
citation: "Montana SB 137 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Fuels", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Hinebauch"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1df2442-e3f1-46ac-bae5-6f826287e948"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=137&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "25056f8b9aae06ea129ead5fdf4312b48b2befed477fcee0bc58f25ad7aaa54e"
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 137 (2019) — Revise laws related to agricultural use of special fuel

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0137_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0137_1.pdf)
2. **SB0137_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0137_2.pdf)
3. **SB0137_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0137_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0137.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Hinebauch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-04** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-04** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-15** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-17** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-17** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-29** Hearing
- **2019-02-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-06** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-06** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-06** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-11** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-12** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-15** Returned to Senate
- **2019-03-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-03-19** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-20** Signed by President
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1df2442-e3f1-46ac-bae5-6f826287e948`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).