---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise transportation weight limits and permits"
description: "Revise transportation weight limits and permits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 317"
citation: "Montana SB 317 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-11-15"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ffe4fa58-4d8f-4311-a9a2-fa34d882353e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=317&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "02e6f169c410707144b33da664afe7384d50eccc9164c5cbe243f6d16f56c980"
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 317 (2019) — Revise transportation weight limits and permits

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0317_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0317_1.pdf)
2. **SB0317_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0317_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0317.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **6–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-15** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-10** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-16** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-22** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-22** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-25** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-25** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-08** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-23** Transmitted to House
- **2019-03-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-08** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-09** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-12** 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`
- **2019-05-07** 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/ffe4fa58-4d8f-4311-a9a2-fa34d882353e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).