---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise notification of owner's costs for oil/gas well"
description: "Revise notification of owner's costs for oil/gas well"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 289"
citation: "Montana HB 289 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Oil and Gas (see also: Mining and Minerals; Taxation--Oil and Gas)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Oblander"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 52
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-11-20T16:58:42+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:44:49+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9926455-bdb1-43bb-b263-7c3fcedc6768"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1372"
source_hash: "e95ac0e2b8bd923404ad387e1544b99cade86fb3eacfcc38eae812c597f1647d"
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 HB 289 (2023) — Revise notification of owner's costs for oil/gas well

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0289.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6411)
2. **HB0289.002.001.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6412)
3. **HB0289.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6407)
4. **HB0289.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6408)
5. **HB0289.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6409)
6. **HB0289_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6413)
7. **HB0289_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6414)
8. **HB0289_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6416)
9. **HB0289_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6415)
10. **HB289.2.2-emails.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6410)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — **37–63** (fail) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Oblander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:44:49+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T15:15:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27T16:30:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-26T17:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-24T20:08:03+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24T20:08:02+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T20:12:19+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T19:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T19:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11T15:01:24+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-07T20:48:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:14:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T19:54:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-30T18:55:41+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T18:18:17+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-13T16:40:05+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T20:22:30+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-07T23:31:53+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-07T21:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:50:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-06T20:49:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2023-02-01T16:53:33+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-31T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-31T00:13:04+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-30T20:04:44+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-25T22:00:48+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-20T23:51:06+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-20T20:41:58+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20T18:39:22+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T00:31:45+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-19T01:54:53+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-16T21:46:00+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-11T23:40:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-11T22:35:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-11T22:35:29+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-11T18:07:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-10T22:45:01+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-27T21:41:02+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-27T21:41:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-27T17:25:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-20T23:28:05+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-20T21:35:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-20T16:08:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-15T21:58:25+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-20T16:58:42+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9926455-bdb1-43bb-b263-7c3fcedc6768`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).