---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulate encroachments in highway right of way"
description: "Regulate encroachments in highway right of way"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Montana SB 76 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Roads", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brian Hoven"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 65
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-07-31"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6eefa16d-62e7-43cb-8691-b81d21edbd4d"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=76&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "42b1e45c1915b72142d674fda83adfa2943f18799bea0fb1b8b99d7527ae45d5"
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 76 (2019) — Regulate encroachments in highway right of way

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0076_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0076_1.pdf)
2. **SB0076_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0076_2.pdf)
3. **SB0076_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0076_3.pdf)
4. **SB0076_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0076_4.pdf)
5. **SB0076_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0099//SB0076_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0076.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **41–4** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **66–31** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **72–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass As Amended — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Esp D/PASS — **47–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brian Hoven — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-31** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2018-11-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2018-11-16** Draft in Edit
- **2018-11-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2018-11-29** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2018-11-29** Executive Director Review
- **2018-11-29** Draft in Assembly
- **2018-11-29** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2018-12-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2018-12-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2018-12-18** 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
- **2019-01-09** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-01-10** Hearing
- **2019-01-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-18** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-18** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-01-22** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2019-01-22** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2019-01-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-01-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-01-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-01-24** Transmitted to House
- **2019-01-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-04** Hearing
- **2019-02-13** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-02-22** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-25** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-27** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-27** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-01** 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 with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** 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/6eefa16d-62e7-43cb-8691-b81d21edbd4d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).