---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to the Upper Columbia Conservation Commission"
description: "Revise laws related to the Upper Columbia Conservation Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Montana SB 257 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Fish and Wildlife", "Legislature", "State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 71
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-01-07"
last_action: "2019-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/978fb248-4702-43d0-af1e-ba2238b6bbc4"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=257&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "68d3e56d0f03d39124c546280c3b4e8a6047efe9274af5015c5d912f910f155a"
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 257 (2019) — Revise laws related to the Upper Columbia Conservation Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0257_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0257_1.pdf)
2. **SB0257_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0257_2.pdf)
3. **SB0257_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0257_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0257.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **78–19** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **83–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **17–3** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Gunderson D/CONCUR — **95–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-07** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-07** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-12** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-01** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-12** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-13** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-22** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-22** Hearing
- **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
- **2019-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **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** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-22** Hearing
- **2019-04-02** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-04** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-04-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `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
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-23** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-02** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/978fb248-4702-43d0-af1e-ba2238b6bbc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).