---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise notice for certain timber sales"
description: "Revise notice for certain timber sales"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 43"
citation: "Montana SB 43 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Forests and Forestry", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Willis Curdy"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-10-07T12:29:36+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T20:43:14+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/182309f0-2646-4019-b6b3-bad8515380b4"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0686"
source_hash: "036b5544b7c80328e56d8ab7d2ba022ff2c7c4932746d2109eabb489d3451c07"
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 43 (2023) — Revise notice for certain timber sales

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0043.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full (1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3206)
2. **SB0043.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3207)
3. **SB0043001SCS16496.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10704)
4. **SB0043_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1932)
5. **SB0043_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1930)
6. **SB0043_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1931)

## Votes

- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Willis Curdy — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T20:43:14+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`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T22:45:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-04T20:10:21+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-03T19:53:22+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-27T18:07:21+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-24T21:52:05+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-24T19:55:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-23T20:10:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:22:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:22:02+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T19:44:18+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14T14:26:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-24T21:25:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-23T20:55:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-19T23:15:29+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-19T20:11:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13T19:05:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-13T01:16:36+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-11T22:00:12+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T19:54:39+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-28T23:57:24+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-12T23:19:38+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-08T22:19:33+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-06T22:30:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-06T15:58:36+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-01T19:33:36+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-01T19:33:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-01T13:32:16+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-30T00:15:03+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-29T04:44:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-28T18:15:49+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-07T12:29:36+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/182309f0-2646-4019-b6b3-bad8515380b4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).