---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise class d motor carrier deadline adjustment laws"
description: "Revise class d motor carrier deadline adjustment laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 22"
citation: "Montana SB 22 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Zolnikov"]
version_count: 24
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-09-16T14:32:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-04T00:40:46+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34fb4256-b9b8-477b-96bc-2177c645d643"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0245?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "0c5492cb7f7d580d70641c0aca28bb22c4ed3812cfba8dec9e6d5f9196325f46"
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 22 (2025) — Revise class d motor carrier deadline adjustment laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0245.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=265646)
2. **SB0022_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267377)
3. **SB0022_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274612)
4. **SB0022_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274669)
5. **SB0022_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275590)
6. **SB0022_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276627)
7. **SB0022_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282005)
8. **SB0022_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295270)
9. **SB0022_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=267275)
10. **SB0022_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295269)
11. **SB0022_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295272)
12. **SB0022_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320253)
13. **SB0022_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324120)
14. **SB0022_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325687)
15. **SB0022_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327282)
16. **SB0022_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295397)
17. **SB0022_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295687)
18. **SB0022_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295688)
19. **SB0022_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305178)
20. **SB0022_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305179)
21. **SB0022_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305180)
22. **SB0022_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310730)
23. **SB0022_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316668)
24. **SB0022_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295271)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Daniel Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-09-16T14:32:27+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-10-17T20:42:06+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-10-23T19:42:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-10-31T15:30:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-11-12T16:35:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-11-17T17:04:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-11-18T21:08:11+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-09T16:15:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-18T23:31:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T23:32:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T21:25:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-14T21:22:07+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-01-22T17:25:28+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22T20:30:31+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-23T21:15:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-24T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-24T21:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-27T16:36:29+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-27T20:17:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-27T20:20:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11T18:00:12+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2025-02-12T23:43:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2025-02-13T20:18:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2025-03-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-17T20:05:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:36:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-18T20:37:04+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-20T12:54:50+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-03-24T16:30:53+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-03-26T21:30:07+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-27T14:05:58+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03T18:00:42+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04T00:40:46+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/34fb4256-b9b8-477b-96bc-2177c645d643`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).