---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish public access land act"
description: "Establish public access land act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 341"
citation: "Montana SB 341 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Legislature", "Recreation/Parks/Sports", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Blasdel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-11-06"
last_action: "2019-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b088dab-498c-4c0a-85dd-e05eba91993e"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=341&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "d825598188df777b4c13a50b8372d8eee684204bc67c47e414e01b70494eab74"
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 341 (2019) — Establish public access land act

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0341_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0341_1.pdf)
2. **SB0341_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0341_2.pdf)
3. **SB0341_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0341_3.pdf)
4. **SB0341_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0341_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0341.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **21–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **84–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Blasdel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-06** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-26** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2018-12-26** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-26** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-01** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-04** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-04** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-04** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-05** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-05** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-05** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-07** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-03-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-23** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-25** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-25** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-25** Hearing
- **2019-03-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-27** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-29** Hearing
- **2019-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-01** Taken from 3rd Reading; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing
- **2019-04-09** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-10** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-24** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-06** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b088dab-498c-4c0a-85dd-e05eba91993e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).