---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to land servitudes and easements"
description: "Revise laws related to land servitudes and easements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 354"
citation: "Montana SB 354 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Hinebauch"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 74
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d73e5f23-069d-44a4-8a38-441e99609e78"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=354&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "bd661b2e11198f21cb0a86c03e71abef554c3b9e6f3ad2d5e6fa4ed0ae9e8a36"
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 354 (2021) — Revise laws related to land servitudes and easements

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0354_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0354_1.pdf)
2. **SB0354_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0354_2.pdf)
3. **SB0354_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0354_3.pdf)
4. **SB0354_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0354_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0354.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **22–28** (fail) · upper
- Do Adopt — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- Do Not Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **62–38** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **12–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **92–7** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Adopt — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **37–13** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **35–15** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **65–35** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Hinebauch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-16** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-20** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-20** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-22** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-22** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-22** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-23** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-25** Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-01** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-01** Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-26** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-26** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Judiciary
- **2021-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-29** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-30** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-30** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-03-31** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-01** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-01** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-07** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-08** Free Conference Committee Appointed - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-08** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-04-08** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-09** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-04-20** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Free Conference `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-21** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-21** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopt Motion Failed
- **2021-04-22** Motion Failed
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-04-26** Hearing - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-26** Free Conference Committee Report Received - (S) Free Conference
- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2021-04-28** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** 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/d73e5f23-069d-44a4-8a38-441e99609e78`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).