---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising pipeline safety regulation penalties"
description: "Revising pipeline safety regulation penalties"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 32"
citation: "Montana SB 32 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Oil and Gas (see also: Mining and Minerals; Taxation--Oil and Gas)", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:54:49+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:27:36+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9224570-8f69-4f4b-bebb-1a101bbb846d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0371"
source_hash: "627b9783e2e1522e5aebca8b7210f8b9ed3a0be69616f14b24cc55aa177c33b1"
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 32 (2023) — Revising pipeline safety regulation penalties

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0032_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1901)
2. **SB0032_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1902)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **47–2** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:27:36+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T15:34:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T20:33:45+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T20:33:44+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T20:23:19+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T19:37:23+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-13T22:16:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T15:32:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T19:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-05T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T23:52:48+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-02-14T20:21:59+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T19:43:47+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-27T21:38:22+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-26T21:40:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-25T20:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T20:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-16T16:38:10+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-06T22:00:04+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T19:50:45+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-28T23:55:08+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-13T00:27:16+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2022-12-13T00:27:10+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2022-12-12T23:49:36+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-12T23:21:28+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T20:33:35+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-05T23:19:21+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-05T23:19:20+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-12-01T18:45:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-30T20:56:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-30T20:23:05+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-30T20:23:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-30T16:36:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-30T00:09:06+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-28T23:08:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-21T16:44:21+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-14T17:54:49+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/b9224570-8f69-4f4b-bebb-1a101bbb846d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).