---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish acquisitions requiring land board consideration"
description: "Establish acquisitions requiring land board consideration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 115"
citation: "Montana SB 115 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-11-05"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba2ab0d7-974b-4a59-ba52-ce74c087bcf4"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=115&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "fc9a0c7978b6f21eb3e70c4e6fdc877f73b8df26fbfb4a4c00c6e1e33c6994ca"
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 115 (2021) — Establish acquisitions requiring land board consideration

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0115_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0115_1.pdf)
2. **SB0115_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0115_2.pdf)
3. **SB0115_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0115_3.pdf)
4. **SB0115_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0115_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0115.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **64–36** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **13–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **64–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **30–20** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-05** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-08** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-12** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-12** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-21** Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-01-28** Amendments Available
- **2021-01-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-02** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-03** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-05** Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-02-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2021-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-11** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-03-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
- **2021-03-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-09** 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/ba2ab0d7-974b-4a59-ba52-ce74c087bcf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).