---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws regarding state timber sales"
description: "Revise laws regarding state timber sales"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 173"
citation: "Montana HB 173 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Forests and Forestry", "Revenue", "State", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Denley M Loge"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-02"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d8da9b3-b832-467d-b808-b18bc599f444"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=173&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "17b4a6f6d9151043ca8214ae5ccfaa62422cf507e2bd538eb8706725763e2102"
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 HB 173 (2021) — Revise laws regarding state timber sales

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0173_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0173_1.pdf)
2. **HB0173_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0199//HB0173_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0173.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Denley M Loge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-02** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-11** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2020-12-18** Draft On Hold
- **2020-12-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-07** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-13** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-13** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-13** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-18** Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-01-25** Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-01-26** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-01-26** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-04** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-04** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-05** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-05** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-02-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-25** Returned to House
- **2021-03-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-30** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-30** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-06** Signed by President
- **2021-04-06** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4d8da9b3-b832-467d-b808-b18bc599f444`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).