---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise county gravel pit permitting"
description: "Generally revise county gravel pit permitting"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 284"
citation: "Montana SB 284 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Russel (Russ) Tempel"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-09-24"
last_action: "2021-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41be2c56-1bba-4bf9-b8af-de36b7172ce7"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=284&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "5a91d3134e35e92758c8505dc67e354e232550707d1c7380f5bdc1b8825ff7e6"
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 284 (2021) — Generally revise county gravel pit permitting

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0284_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0284_1.pdf)
2. **SB0284_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0284_2.pdf)
3. **SB0284_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0284_3.pdf)
4. **SB0284_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0284_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0284.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **7–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass As Amended — **36–14** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–18** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- AMD-001 Fitzgerald D/PASS — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur As Amended — **65–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **65–32** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Lang D/PASS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **40–10** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **15–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Russel (Russ) Tempel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-24** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-11** 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
- **2021-02-16** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-16** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-16** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-16** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-17** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-17** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-02-17** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-24** Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-02-24** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-28** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2021-03-01** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** 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
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-04-07** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-14** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
- **2021-04-14** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
- **2021-04-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-28** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-30** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-07** 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/41be2c56-1bba-4bf9-b8af-de36b7172ce7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).