---
type: "Bill"
title: "Create western Montana conservation commission"
description: "Create western Montana conservation commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 83"
citation: "Montana SB 83 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dams (same as: Water)", "Environmental Protection"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 47
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-10-07T12:30:40+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-04T18:32:55+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3d89ac53-fa78-4a64-811c-f06f65825286"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0687"
source_hash: "9054090722170bac49533cf9675e95ce4a896b52df36c59cd0e94fc71e46cc39"
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 83 (2023) — Create western Montana conservation commission

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0083.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3297)
2. **SB0083.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3296)
3. **SB0083.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3301)
4. **SB0083.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3298)
5. **SB0083.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3295)
6. **SB0083.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3299)
7. **SB0083.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=3300)
8. **SB0083001SCS16496.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10745)
9. **SB0083002SCS19692.slc.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10744)
10. **SB0083_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2480)
11. **SB0083_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2479)
12. **SB0083_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2478)
13. **SB0083_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2477)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Tabled in Committee — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Concurred — **96–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-04T18:32:55+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-04T16:05:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01T16:50:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-29T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-27T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-24T19:30:22+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-24T19:30:21+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-20T13:06:27+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-19T21:37:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-19T00:36:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-06T00:12:50+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`
- **2023-04-04T19:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T20:26:16+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-20T19:56:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-17T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-17T20:28:00+00:00** (H) Taken from Table in Committee
- **2023-03-15T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2023-03-13T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-17T20:15:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-17T19:43:32+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-08T21:48:34+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2023-02-07T22:05:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-06T20:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02T22:28:46+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-02T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-28T00:40:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-27T19:40:17+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-26T13:38:04+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-23T22:00:05+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-11T20:18:56+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-02T20:23:36+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-29T00:33:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-15T23:25:05+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2022-12-13T19:54:59+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-13T19:48:17+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-12T21:35:06+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-12T21:35:05+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-12T18:57:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-05T23:05:36+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-11-30T20:47:38+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-11-30T18:33:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-10-07T12:30:40+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/3d89ac53-fa78-4a64-811c-f06f65825286`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).