---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise permitting for incinerators"
description: "Revise permitting for incinerators"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 39"
citation: "Montana SB 39 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Bartel"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 44
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-10-13T15:02:05+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:42:41+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f0c37b4-8fed-4025-97a2-0d3b35023236"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0717"
source_hash: "3e229fd6cb6a399ab6699c889180e047915adbe61a89be7f675894dd02cba00a"
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 39 (2023) — Revise permitting for incinerators

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0039.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3200)
2. **SB0039.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3201)
3. **SB0039.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3199)
4. **SB0039.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3197)
5. **SB0039.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3198)
6. **SB0039.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3196)
7. **SB0039001SCS16496.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10664)
8. **SB0039002CWH19692.hlc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=12212)
9. **SB0039_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1921)
10. **SB0039_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1922)
11. **SB0039_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1920)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed — **31–68** (fail) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **94–5** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **8–3** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **35–14** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **36–13** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dan Bartel — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T20:42:41+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-18T17:50:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12T17:25:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-06T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-31T16:25:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-03-30T22:17:06+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-03-30T15:37:02+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-21T17:49:33+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-21T14:17:23+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-20T19:48:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-17T19:28:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure, failure, reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T15:50:16+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-16T19:21:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-13T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:14:40+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:42:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T22:03:50+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-27T21:03:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-27T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T20:19:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-20T20:00:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-18T21:42:28+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T22:00:03+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-03T17:37:40+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-02T23:15:43+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-02T19:53:23+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-28T23:56:36+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T23:20:22+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-08T22:08:52+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-01T18:44:20+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-01T18:31:19+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-30T23:43:10+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-30T23:43:09+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-30T21:35:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-30T00:43:40+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-29T04:38:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-28T21:27:34+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-13T15:02:05+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/1f0c37b4-8fed-4025-97a2-0d3b35023236`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).