---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase landowner payment cap for block management"
description: "Increase landowner payment cap for block management"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 58"
citation: "Montana SB 58 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Hinebauch"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-10-17T20:53:38+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-24T18:34:52+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6fe6023-4c96-42e8-bec0-a4bb5b65d007"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0745"
source_hash: "b70238ee56cf0ed4d6f0df2dea4a6c6e6a1f909fc45fb08afa4ff304b084e620"
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 58 (2023) — Increase landowner payment cap for block management

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0058_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1970)
2. **SB0058_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=1969)

## Votes

- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **95–2** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **45–3** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Hinebauch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24T18:34:52+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-24T15:51:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14T21:45:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-14T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-07T17:10:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-05T22:11:46+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T15:32:06+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-30T16:05:01+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-30T00:08:21+00:00** (H) Returned to Senate
- **2023-03-29T21:22:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:35:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T14:30:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-27T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-03-23T20:27:00+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23T20:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-23T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-17T19:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-16T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-14T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-14T20:22:04+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14T19:45:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31T22:45:15+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-01-30T21:30:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-30T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T17:56:27+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-23T17:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-17T20:52:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-17T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-01-13T20:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T16:52:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-11T18:38:18+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-10T22:00:04+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-02T20:03:04+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:25:12+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-15T00:18:26+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2022-12-15T00:18:20+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2022-12-14T23:51:41+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2022-12-14T15:30:43+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2022-12-13T17:42:25+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-13T17:42:24+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2022-11-30T20:46:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-29T22:38:27+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-29T21:01:57+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-29T21:01:56+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-11-29T17:12:23+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-11-29T16:50:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-28T22:00:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-23T18:35:53+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-17T20:53:38+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/a6fe6023-4c96-42e8-bec0-a4bb5b65d007`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).