---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to easements on state lands"
description: "Revise laws related to easements on state lands"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "Montana SB 42 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Hinebauch"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 45
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-10-07T12:28:32+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-02T15:25:47+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9d8973d-7751-4922-9dec-be5734ee2f44"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0685"
source_hash: "958e11058946ab5678c7cd657130062a1f820e6fb982d8cfe9a36027378ba416"
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 42 (2023) — Revise laws related to easements on state lands

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0042.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3205)
2. **SB0042.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3203)
3. **SB0042.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3202)
4. **SB0042.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3204)
5. **SB0042001SCS17711.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10703)
6. **SB0042002SCS.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10702)
7. **SB0042_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1926)
8. **SB0042_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1928)
9. **SB0042_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1929)
10. **SB0042_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1927)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steve Hinebauch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-02T15:25:47+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-01T19:05:00+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`
- **2023-04-18T00:45:18+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T00:45:17+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T13:56:07+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-13T19:50:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T20:54:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T00:12:47+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2023-04-05T21:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-04T19:53:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-26T21:30:39+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-25T16:37:25+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-24T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:14:41+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:42:10+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:26:05+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-24T21:25:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T20:56:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T21:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T21:12:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-13T21:48:48+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13T01:14:56+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-06T22:00:29+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T19:54:19+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-28T23:57:08+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T23:19:46+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-08T22:16:49+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-02T22:20:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-02T21:21:23+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-02T19:41:26+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-02T19:41:25+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-02T17:07:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-02T01:58:58+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-30T16:26:32+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-29T22:23:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-07T12:28:32+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/d9d8973d-7751-4922-9dec-be5734ee2f44`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).