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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise open cut laws"
description: "Revise open cut laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 343"
citation: "Montana SB 343 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mining and Minerals (see also: Oil and Gas)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Richmond"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 61
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-11-06"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66c9d8a1-8e20-405f-8254-d05f439dcd32"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=343&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "d9955f329205ec748118effd0124075df1996ee1b3ee4540e1fe8d118d0ff781"
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 343 (2019) — Revise open cut laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **SB0343_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0343_1.pdf)
2. **SB0343_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0343_2.pdf)
3. **SB0343_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0343_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0343.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **982** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **93** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **150** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **8710** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **2821** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **491** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **220** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **428** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **2822** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Tom Richmond — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-11-06** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-21** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-03** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-02-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Edit
- **2019-03-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-03-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-03-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-18** Executive Director Review
- **2019-03-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-03-18** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-20** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-26** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-26** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-27** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-27** Hearing
- **2019-03-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-08** Hearing
- **2019-04-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-12** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-15** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-16** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-16** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-04-17** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-04-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-18** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-24** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-26** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66c9d8a1-8e20-405f-8254-d05f439dcd32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).