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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise natural resource operations fee policy laws"
description: "Revise natural resource operations fee policy laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 71"
citation: "Montana SB 71 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Mining and Minerals", "Revenue", "State", "State Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Josh Kassmier"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 51
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-10-09T20:09:42+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T20:12:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd57a82c-60e6-426b-b766-f97dcebd4f89"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0539?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "bca188746c3edfe9d1a70d47539abc0d3b225b94d1da17b8b6f5fd4ac67ba1e1"
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 71 (2025) — Revise natural resource operations fee policy laws
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **LC0539.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266626)
2. **SB0071_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269495)
3. **SB0071_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275141)
4. **SB0071_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276210)
5. **SB0071_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=304921)
6. **SB0071_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305787)
7. **SB0071_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310045)
8. **SB0071_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314840)
9. **SB0071_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314844)
10. **SB0071_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269494)
11. **SB0071_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314848)
12. **SB0071_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324925)
13. **SB0071_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325797)
14. **SB0071_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327332)
15. **SB0071_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314849)
16. **SB0071_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316683)
17. **SB0071_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316690)
18. **SB0071_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317207)
19. **SB0071_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320751)
20. **SB0071_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322590)
21. **SB0071_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322591)
22. **SB0071_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322592)
23. **SB0071_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=314845)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **1000** (pass) · lower
- to_table — **211** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **980** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **482** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **220** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **463** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **230** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **110** (pass) · upper
- to_table — **74** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Josh Kassmier — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-10-09T20:09:42+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-25T17:15:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-25T20:50:37+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-25T20:52:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-26T15:49:35+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-02T16:32:39+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-03T15:59:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-04T18:55:03+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-05T17:08:47+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T18:16:55+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T19:17:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:52:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T22:01:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10T17:48:04+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-01-16T17:43:59+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-01-22T17:44:10+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-01-23T20:00:23+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-01-23T22:18:03+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-01-29T22:53:25+00:00** (S) Tabled in Committee - (S) Natural Resources `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-03-21T21:03:14+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-24T20:25:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-02T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02T19:21:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02T22:02:00+00:00** (S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-03T01:15:29+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Finance and Claims
- **2025-04-03T17:36:42+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-03T20:37:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Finance and Claims `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-04T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04T19:36:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-04T21:09:25+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-04-07T15:46:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-07T19:39:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-04-09T13:21:15+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-14T21:56:53+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-15T19:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T19:15:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T21:46:30+00:00** (H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations `referral-committee, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17T21:56:08+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-18T00:08:30+00:00** (H) Tabled in Committee - (H) Appropriations `amendment-deferral`
- **2025-04-18T15:14:01+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-18T16:36:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Appropriations
- **2025-04-22T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T16:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T16:33:19+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-24T18:52:21+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-27T13:30:40+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-29T22:15:14+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30T16:55:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09T02:21:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T20:12:26+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/cd57a82c-60e6-426b-b766-f97dcebd4f89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).