---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish a Montana coordinate system for property"
description: "Establish a Montana coordinate system for property"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 398"
citation: "Montana SB 398 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Information Technology (see also: Communications)", "Planning and Development", "Professions and Occupations O-Z", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bruce Gillespie"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-16T20:47:56+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-09T17:10:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c43b08b-54d6-44a6-b991-8d7904a36e94"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4515"
source_hash: "9467f2b32a09b6a252b3a167efbfc5c096ea31b7bac7732a7c83cfc6c1af356d"
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 398 (2023) — Establish a Montana coordinate system for property

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0398_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8218)
2. **SB0398_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=8217)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bruce Gillespie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-09T17:10:01+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-08T20:28:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T17:40:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-19T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-18T00:33:20+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T00:33:19+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T16:38:00+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-12T22:02:23+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-04-12T20:23:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-07T15:19:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-28T19:14:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-15T21:45:44+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-15T21:07:38+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03T18:24:33+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-03-03T05:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T02:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03T01:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T15:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-23T22:00:26+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-02-20T22:02:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T20:41:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:52:12+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-17T19:46:57+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2023-02-17T16:00:30+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-16T22:02:45+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T21:09:16+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-16T21:08:56+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-16T20:39:00+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-16T18:53:42+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-16T18:35:00+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-16T18:34:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-16T16:59:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-16T15:32:01+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-12T08:16:30+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-10T19:53:07+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-09T22:46:42+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2023-01-16T20:47:56+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/9c43b08b-54d6-44a6-b991-8d7904a36e94`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).