---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise county road abandonment process laws"
description: "Revise county road abandonment process laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 173"
citation: "Montana SB 173 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Highways and Roads"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kenneth Bogner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-01T22:47:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T15:38:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/73c45294-55eb-4eb3-91e4-7b2463137faa"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0962"
source_hash: "1e642e9218b15560dd655756931ab674077eeb71018262ed7230c205fd59a8ab"
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 173 (2023) — Revise county road abandonment process laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0173_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4769)
2. **SB0173_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4770)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kenneth Bogner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T15:38:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-02T15:49:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-24T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-22T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T20:53:10+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:47:39+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T21:12:05+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T19:51:56+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-07T14:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T20:24:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-25T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-11T15:11:22+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-11T14:35:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26T22:27:38+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-25T21:56:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T21:00:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T20:04:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T23:51:47+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-18T21:00:20+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-16T20:13:57+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-16T18:36:57+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-13T22:54:22+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-13T20:36:02+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-13T17:44:33+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-12T22:25:52+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-12T21:49:37+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-11T16:48:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-10T18:01:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-10T18:01:35+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-10T16:20:41+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-09T23:42:49+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-09T20:06:12+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-09T20:06:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-09T18:02:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-08T01:15:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-06T20:48:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-06T20:06:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-03T19:57:10+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-01T22:47:05+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/73c45294-55eb-4eb3-91e4-7b2463137faa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).