---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for municipal authority regarding encroachments"
description: "Provide for municipal authority regarding encroachments"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 198"
citation: "Montana HB 198 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Roads", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Julie Dooling"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-23T21:35:32+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:57:25+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/824e26c0-b961-4e16-975a-41b114e24f3c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC1505"
source_hash: "2f44b0d4f53f7e6c4df9d9ace4e5dee5dddc6b1ec7c0aedac46dde1b9aeb6ecd"
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 198 (2023) — Provide for municipal authority regarding encroachments

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0198.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4477)
2. **HB0198.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4476)
3. **HB0198_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4479)
4. **HB0198_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4480)
5. **HB0198_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4481)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Julie Dooling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:57:25+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:26:30+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-01T23:05:51+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-01T23:05:50+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T21:15:59+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T19:37:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T19:46:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T02:04:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T21:57:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T17:12:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:18:57+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-13T19:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-13T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-10T23:36:20+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-30T20:22:11+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-30T17:44:46+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-30T17:42:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-27T21:42:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-26T21:30:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T20:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T23:54:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-17T22:00:22+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-17T14:44:51+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2023-01-16T21:29:23+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2023-01-16T19:32:33+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2023-01-09T21:02:35+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-09T18:20:42+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-06T16:08:02+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2023-01-06T16:07:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-06T16:06:26+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-06T16:06:25+00:00** (C) Fiscal Note Probable
- **2023-01-03T21:46:31+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-21T19:49:57+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-21T19:49:50+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-16T14:04:50+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-16T03:35:35+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-15T20:45:18+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-15T20:45:17+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-15T16:24:55+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-14T21:01:05+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-06T16:21:47+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-06T15:40:22+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-11-23T22:04:36+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-11-23T21:35:32+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/824e26c0-b961-4e16-975a-41b114e24f3c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).