---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise requirements to hold a mining permit"
description: "Revise requirements to hold a mining permit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Montana SB 201 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Mining and Minerals (see also: Oil and Gas)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Ankney"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 68
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-11-06"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7e8f3bae-7bfe-4848-9496-f1dbb3809c28"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=201&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "64e25fde5c89ebba7baf96f0cba8ba4dad9db4db2bcf5485218f0dd61445e999"
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 201 (2019) — Revise requirements to hold a mining permit

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0201_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0201_1.pdf)
2. **SB0201_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0201_2.pdf)
3. **SB0201_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0201_3.pdf)
4. **SB0201_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0201_4.pdf)
5. **SB0201_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0201_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0201.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **92–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **51–49** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **51–47** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Not Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Duane Ankney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-06** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-11** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-25** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-30** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-30** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-31** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-31** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-31** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-01** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-01** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-01** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-01** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Hearing
- **2019-02-08** Legal Review Note
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to House
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-06** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-04** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-08** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-17** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-18** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-23** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-24** Hearing
- **2019-04-24** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-24** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-24** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-29** Signed by President
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-05-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7e8f3bae-7bfe-4848-9496-f1dbb3809c28`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).