---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws for boiler traction engines"
description: "Revise laws for boiler traction engines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 271"
citation: "Montana SB 271 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Professions and Occupations Generally", "Professions and Occupations A-D", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 54
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf2290ae-6f12-4ca3-8f64-3bce979255e5"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=271&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "0866331e56bf78bf8b1c0a6f441ca4ea19f7d0e015c46aa940f9b6648c602246"
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 271 (2019) — Revise laws for boiler traction engines

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0271_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0271_1.pdf)
2. **SB0271_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0271_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0271.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-25** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-08** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-08** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-08** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-08** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-12** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-21** Hearing
- **2019-02-21** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-08** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-09** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-09** Transmitted to House
- **2019-03-12** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf2290ae-6f12-4ca3-8f64-3bce979255e5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).