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type: "Bill"
title: "Revise business laws relating to snowmobile rental and trail maintenance"
description: "Revise business laws relating to snowmobile rental and trail maintenance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 165"
citation: "Montana SB 165 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Economic Development", "Recreation", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barry Usher"]
version_count: 36
action_count: 48
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-08T02:28:54+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T17:41:44+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0878fd52-079c-467d-9fe3-baf04742102c"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2355?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "07a886fc7dc9ee75dff920c401475e38491e3ab6948159dc5069bcdb6b5ad771"
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 165 (2025) — Revise business laws relating to snowmobile rental and trail maintenance
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **LC2355.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=271060)
2. **SB0165.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275746)
3. **SB0165_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272432)
4. **SB0165_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275347)
5. **SB0165_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276397)
6. **SB0165_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277853)
7. **SB0165_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277854)
8. **SB0165_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277855)
9. **SB0165_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277856)
10. **SB0165_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272231)
11. **SB0165_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277858)
12. **SB0165_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302474)
13. **SB0165_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277860)
14. **SB0165_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277861)
15. **SB0165_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277934)
16. **SB0165_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277937)
17. **SB0165_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277953)
18. **SB0165_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282662)
19. **SB0165_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298505)
20. **SB0165_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302471)
21. **SB0165_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277857)
22. **SB0165_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302476)
23. **SB0165_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321173)
24. **SB0165_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321174)
25. **SB0165_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321175)
26. **SB0165_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324530)
27. **SB0165_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326571)
28. **SB0165_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302477)
29. **SB0165_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303294)
30. **SB0165_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303295)
31. **SB0165_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303296)
32. **SB0165_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=303853)
33. **SB0165_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310698)
34. **SB0165_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316637)
35. **SB0165_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320227)
36. **SB0165_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=302475)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **990** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **455** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **211** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **200** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **220** (pass) · lower
- do_pass_as_amended — **111** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **1000** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **437** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Barry Usher — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-12-08T02:28:54+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-08T02:28:54+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-09T22:58:04+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-10T15:22:27+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-13T17:14:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-13T21:22:47+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-14T17:17:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-15T01:41:17+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-15T21:52:24+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-16T22:27:18+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-17T20:34:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17T20:35:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-18T00:41:17+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-18T20:59:29+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-01-23T15:56:43+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-23T18:41:27+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-23T19:25:19+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-30T22:41:14+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-31T20:20:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-04T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:43:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04T20:59:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T23:03:22+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-02-12T00:41:53+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T20:06:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T21:43:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T22:11:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-17T18:12:30+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T20:16:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T22:36:57+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-03-25T22:45:13+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-03-26T19:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:37:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T21:06:08+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-29T17:55:17+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-03-31T16:39:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-03-31T19:33:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-01T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T19:55:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-01T19:55:56+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T21:21:06+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-07T16:00:02+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T16:15:25+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`
- **2025-04-18T17:41:44+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/0878fd52-079c-467d-9fe3-baf04742102c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).