---
type: "Bill"
title: "Excempt certain subdivisions from environmental review"
description: "Excempt certain subdivisions from environmental review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 240"
citation: "Montana SB 240 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Small"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-11-01T14:47:14+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T15:46:48+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e4ce0c4-cb88-47ea-8242-596394eaf8b1"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0899"
source_hash: "50581ab625531721de898350d07c74445dd6272a6c946fd14b37d030222c951d"
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 240 (2023) — Excempt certain subdivisions from environmental review

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0240_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=64405)
2. **SB0240_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=64406)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **69–31** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **32–18** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **64–29** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **34–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jason Small — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T15:46:48+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-02T16:29:00+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`
- **2023-04-17T21:44:55+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T21:44:54+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T21:15:14+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T23:18:09+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-06T22:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T20:58:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-16T16:01:04+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-14T19:33:54+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T01:04:23+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24T23:26:33+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-23T22:09:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-22T21:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-22T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T20:18:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-08T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-03T21:22:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-01T16:53:17+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-31T20:16:17+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-31T18:07:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T17:00:04+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-01-31T16:44:35+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-27T23:02:46+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-27T22:21:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-27T22:21:37+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-27T19:00:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-27T18:28:50+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-27T16:03:47+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-27T16:03:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-26T23:47:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-25T16:16:30+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-20T20:58:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-20T20:40:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-01-14T21:45:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-23T19:00:48+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-01T14:47:14+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/9e4ce0c4-cb88-47ea-8242-596394eaf8b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).