---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise rangeland improvement loan state special revenue account"
description: "Revise rangeland improvement loan state special revenue account"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 217"
citation: "Montana SB 217 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Gillespie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-20T20:38:23+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:39:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23666b00-3e86-46b6-ba8a-16992536f840"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4226"
source_hash: "49d0bb4c775af130b1850372c026e21955c37e9826374799f6c6a1e5b2ae6552"
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 217 (2023) — Revise rangeland improvement loan state special revenue account

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0217_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5044)
2. **SB0217_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5043)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **19–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Gillespie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:39:11+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T16:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-23T19:44:12+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-23T19:44:11+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T15:56:22+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-18T22:12:37+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-18T20:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T20:09:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-14T20:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-13T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-21T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T19:33:49+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T01:02:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-16T21:17:51+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-15T21:06:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-14T20:25:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-10T20:02:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-09T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T22:00:27+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-31T23:49:40+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-26T17:56:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-25T20:34:14+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-25T18:56:46+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T18:15:04+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-25T17:48:27+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-23T19:33:06+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-23T17:32:21+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-23T17:32:17+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-23T16:59:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-23T16:23:57+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-20T23:26:14+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-20T23:26:13+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-20T22:40:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-20T17:27:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-16T20:55:28+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-16T17:31:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-28T21:03:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-20T20:38:23+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/23666b00-3e86-46b6-ba8a-16992536f840`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).