--- type: "Bill" title: "Allow revocation of agricultural covenant on lands annexed into municipality" description: "Allow revocation of agricultural covenant on lands annexed into municipality" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 275" citation: "Montana SB 275 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Agriculture", "Local Government", "Planning"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Forrest Mandeville"] version_count: 16 action_count: 37 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-11-06T21:45:34+00:00" last_action: "2025-04-18T13:32:37+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e130576-eec5-462c-b1f7-f6c66e60bb3a" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0914?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "1cd2b342b429e8559245f73a2fe889218def24b1858efc8ff32a266d14ec592b" 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 275 (2025) — Allow revocation of agricultural covenant on lands annexed into municipality ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC0914.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278051) 2. **SB0275_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279468) 3. **SB0275_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280193) 4. **SB0275_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283892) 5. **SB0275_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295460) 6. **SB0275_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302210) 7. **SB0275_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279467) 8. **SB0275_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316621) 9. **SB0275_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320213) 10. **SB0275_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321356) 11. **SB0275_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321357) 12. **SB0275_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321358) 13. **SB0275_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324590) 14. **SB0275_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326010) 15. **SB0275_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327436) 16. **SB0275_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310674) ## Votes - Do Pass — **34–16** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **98–2** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **34–16** (pass) · upper - do_pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **20–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Forrest Mandeville — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-11-06T21:45:34+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-11-06T21:45:35+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-01-20T15:14:21+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-01-30T22:47:07+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-01-31T20:14:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-02T04:30:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-03T17:07:48+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-03T23:58:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-04T19:08:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-06T15:17:45+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-06T15:46:20+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-06T20:29:20+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-07T19:13:59+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-02-07T19:15:00+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary - **2025-02-13T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-13T20:40:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Judiciary `committee-passage` - **2025-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-02-15T17:13:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-02-18T21:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-02-18T22:50:57+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-02-19T18:56:27+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee` - **2025-02-19T20:14:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-09T04:01:16+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-19T18:19:20+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-20T19:29:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Judiciary - **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-29T17:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-31T20:04:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-31T20:06:20+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-02T17:31:04+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-07T16:00:47+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-08T16:00:47+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-18T13:32:37+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/2e130576-eec5-462c-b1f7-f6c66e60bb3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).