---
type: "Bill"
title: "Define public purpose of easements on state lands"
description: "Define public purpose of easements on state lands"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 299"
citation: "Montana HB 299 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Property", "State Government", "State Lands"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Tilleman"]
version_count: 19
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-17T17:24:39+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T16:36:50+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/228a64f2-dfda-4608-844c-d7fdf0d63662"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2857?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "39d870e0933365eb205456401f56595122fc7d31881ccf1bd26ec2e176c45ddc"
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 HB 299 (2025) — Define public purpose of easements on state lands

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0299_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275544)
2. **HB0299_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276583)
3. **HB0299_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280629)
4. **HB0299_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296849)
5. **HB0299_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309705)
6. **HB0299_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309707)
7. **HB0299_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273826)
8. **HB0299_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311498)
9. **HB0299_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327020)
10. **HB0299_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311499)
11. **HB0299_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317031)
12. **HB0299_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320598)
13. **HB0299_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322083)
14. **HB0299_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322084)
15. **HB0299_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322085)
16. **HB0299_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324800)
17. **HB0299_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326691)
18. **HB0299_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=311009)
19. **LC2857.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272319)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Eric Tilleman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-17T17:24:39+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-15T21:50:51+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-16T16:25:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-17T14:43:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-20T20:29:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-20T23:16:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-21T15:13:35+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-23T16:00:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-23T20:08:23+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-24T18:26:26+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-24T20:08:52+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-01T01:02:52+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-02-04T00:51:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:19:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-07T20:40:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T22:14:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-10T23:05:02+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-02-11T20:32:28+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20T16:30:40+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T14:47:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-21T20:55:23+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-24T20:33:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-10T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T22:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T22:07:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T22:15:02+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-16T12:23:10+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T23:30:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T19:00:35+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:32:14+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:36:50+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/228a64f2-dfda-4608-844c-d7fdf0d63662`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).