---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise forest lands taxation advisory committee"
description: "Revise forest lands taxation advisory committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Montana SB 262 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forests and Forestry", "Legislature", "Rule Making", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 55
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2020-12-12"
last_action: "2021-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b433a14-a141-413f-b334-644fcc031834"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=262&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "880338b564feebb5fadd1a685f86a0e8050ff73ba527c9145a74b742d43b4998"
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 262 (2021) — Revise forest lands taxation advisory committee

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0262_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0262_1.pdf)
2. **SB0262_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0262_2.pdf)
3. **SB0262_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0262_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0262.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **18–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-12** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-12** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-15** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-15** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-15** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-16** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-16** Referred to Committee - (S) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-23** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-23** Hearing - (S) Taxation
- **2021-02-24** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Taxation `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-27** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-27** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-02-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-09** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-03-11** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-03-11** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-03-11** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2021-03-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2021-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-18** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Returned to Senate
- **2021-03-19** 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/9b433a14-a141-413f-b334-644fcc031834`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).