---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish wind and solar development ground lease for state trust lands"
description: "Establish wind and solar development ground lease for state trust lands"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 63"
citation: "Montana SB 63 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Duane Ankney"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-09-10"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d4f22ce-e696-4dd5-9d96-73b4489f8185"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=63&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "c19702d00c9a44ec1e792c881fd972f14094e0c4627e11b4ba54d362b2893c35"
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 63 (2021) — Establish wind and solar development ground lease for state trust lands

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0063_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0063_1.pdf)
2. **SB0063_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0099//SB0063_X.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0063.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **89–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **87–9** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Duane Ankney — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-09-10** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2020-12-03** Draft in Edit
- **2020-12-05** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2020-12-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-07** Executive Director Review
- **2020-12-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2020-12-28** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2020-12-28** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-04** Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-01-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-04** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-30** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-30** 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-13** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-13** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/4d4f22ce-e696-4dd5-9d96-73b4489f8185`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).