---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise taxation of certain incremental oil production"
description: "Revise taxation of certain incremental oil production"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Montana SB 28 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil and Gas (see also: Mining and Minerals; Taxation--Oil and Gas)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Oil and Gas"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Richmond"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-07-31"
last_action: "2019-02-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4dc0ee6c-6fac-4ec8-a169-1a9c3237452c"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=28&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "2f083445b315e6320fa94d20f77e60180c8cc9cc2a30f98a2a11c5a8100b0faa"
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 28 (2019) — Revise taxation of certain incremental oil production

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0028_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0028_1.pdf)
2. **SB0028_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0028_2.pdf)
3. **SB0028_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0028_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0028.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **83–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **42–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **82–18** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Tom Richmond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-31** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-05** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-11-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-16** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2018-11-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-30** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-30** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-30** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-07** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-07** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2018-12-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-03** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-11** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-11** Hearing
- **2019-01-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-01-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-23** Transmitted to House
- **2019-01-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-05** Hearing
- **2019-02-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-13** Returned to Senate
- **2019-02-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-14** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-02-14** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-14** Signed by President
- **2019-02-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-02-14** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-02-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-02-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4dc0ee6c-6fac-4ec8-a169-1a9c3237452c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).