---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow airport authorities to enter into certain contracts for 50 years"
description: "Allow airport authorities to enter into certain contracts for 50 years"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 263"
citation: "Montana SB 263 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Contracts (see also: Contracts)", "Transportation (see also: Motor Vehicles; Taxation--Transportation)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-06T03:09:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T15:48:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee21def2-5ac4-416c-b52f-a8d1c1cf88d6"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC3376"
source_hash: "7921bcc1f81b0845a99f9cb05b07b50a4c0cbc8f13a99bbea63bab0f094e0329"
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 263 (2023) — Allow airport authorities to enter into certain contracts for 50 years

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0263_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5416)
2. **SB0263_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=5417)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keith Regier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T15:48:57+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-02T16:31:00+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`
- **2023-04-17T17:58:45+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-17T17:58:44+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T21:45:07+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-06T23:18:14+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-06T22:15:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T21:05:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-25T15:08:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-20T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T19:34:10+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-14T16:15:08+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-19T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-17T21:14:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-17T20:11:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-02-16T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13T20:17:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10T15:35:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-10T15:30:25+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-07T16:25:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-02-06T16:25:21+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2023-02-06T16:25:08+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-02-03T20:08:59+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03T16:15:28+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-03T15:44:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-03T15:43:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-02-02T22:30:01+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-01T18:33:31+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-04T17:03:57+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T17:02:43+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-03T17:02:12+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-03T13:36:11+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-02T17:37:18+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-02T15:44:38+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T15:44:37+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-30T22:46:39+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-30T20:55:45+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-30T17:13:14+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-30T14:19:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-29T17:35:18+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-06T03:09:05+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/ee21def2-5ac4-416c-b52f-a8d1c1cf88d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).