---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow correction of minor maintenance items at mines"
description: "Allow correction of minor maintenance items at mines"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 368"
citation: "Montana SB 368 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Mining and Minerals", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T17:45:43+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T19:44:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75f94308-5ee6-4f02-89cd-1da4f9844c7d"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3478?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "aa96f41e3cd73b0caf6eb6668b45c123825bba91834b6bc7b44145179b8327ea"
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 368 (2025) — Allow correction of minor maintenance items at mines

## Version chain

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

1. **LC3478.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283680)
2. **SB0368.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288235)
3. **SB0368_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285398)
4. **SB0368_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292133)
5. **SB0368_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292134)
6. **SB0368_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284223)
7. **SB0368_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292136)
8. **SB0368_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302193)
9. **SB0368_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292137)
10. **SB0368_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292138)
11. **SB0368_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292140)
12. **SB0368_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292144)
13. **SB0368_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292146)
14. **SB0368_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292220)
15. **SB0368_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293380)
16. **SB0368_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296937)
17. **SB0368_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292135)
18. **SB0368_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316611)
19. **SB0368_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320206)
20. **SB0368_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321264)
21. **SB0368_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321265)
22. **SB0368_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321266)
23. **SB0368_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324558)
24. **SB0368_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326929)
25. **SB0368_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310658)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sue Vinton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T17:45:43+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-10T21:12:39+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-24T18:31:27+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-13T16:45:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-13T21:04:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-18T16:30:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-18T20:56:49+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-18T23:11:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-19T00:25:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-19T18:06:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-19T18:17:27+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-19T20:09:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20T17:22:52+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-21T18:17:31+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-02-21T21:31:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-28T18:26:53+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-28T18:26:59+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-01T02:15:11+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-01T15:55:44+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-04T20:07:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-05T19:05:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T15:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T19:26:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-06T20:25:31+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-03-07T17:17:13+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T23:31:37+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-21T23:29:39+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-24T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-29T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-29T16:18:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T19:51:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-31T19:52:17+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T13:36:52+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`
- **2025-04-18T19:44:57+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/75f94308-5ee6-4f02-89cd-1da4f9844c7d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).