---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise contaminated property cleanup laws for dangerous drugs"
description: "Revise contaminated property cleanup laws for dangerous drugs"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 201"
citation: "Montana SB 201 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcohol", "Environmental Protection", "Property", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Ricci"]
version_count: 35
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-27T19:41:11+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T16:50:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a1bff8d-7827-4308-873a-28e0279c3556"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2014?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "c2371ad448a9bb9a5187d6e99a1de3ac9b48cbbd47043ffd8d299b9ec200a854"
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 201 (2025) — Revise contaminated property cleanup laws for dangerous drugs

## Version chain

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

1. **LC2014.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271391)
2. **SB0201.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283049)
3. **SB0201_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273932)
4. **SB0201_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275488)
5. **SB0201_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276535)
6. **SB0201_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283750)
7. **SB0201_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283751)
8. **SB0201_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283752)
9. **SB0201_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283753)
10. **SB0201_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273523)
11. **SB0201_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283755)
12. **SB0201_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283787)
13. **SB0201_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285749)
14. **SB0201_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=307225)
15. **SB0201_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309123)
16. **SB0201_2(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309125)
17. **SB0201_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283756)
18. **SB0201_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283757)
19. **SB0201_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283778)
20. **SB0201_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283779)
21. **SB0201_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283782)
22. **SB0201_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283783)
23. **SB0201_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283784)
24. **SB0201_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283785)
25. **SB0201_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283754)
26. **SB0201_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316876)
27. **SB0201_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317839)
28. **SB0201_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317923)
29. **SB0201_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320899)
30. **SB0201_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321782)
31. **SB0201_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321783)
32. **SB0201_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321784)
33. **SB0201_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324736)
34. **SB0201_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326499)
35. **SB0201_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310939)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vince Ricci — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-27T19:41:11+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-07T23:51:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-08T21:24:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-14T18:21:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-18T22:23:02+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-18T23:10:16+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-20T23:23:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-22T19:00:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-22T19:30:41+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-23T20:43:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-24T00:05:09+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28T21:44:27+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-02-17T22:11:43+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18T20:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T18:49:52+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T20:27:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T21:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T22:29:56+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-22T15:13:53+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22T16:08:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T15:19:28+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-27T15:19:33+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-27T17:44:04+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-04-07T20:44:12+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-09T17:59:16+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-09T22:03:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-04-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T23:55:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:51:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:52:22+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T16:38:43+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T21:27:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-28T16:07:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:37:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T16:50:02+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/2a1bff8d-7827-4308-873a-28e0279c3556`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).