# Montana SB 116: Revise the Montana heritage preservation and development commission membership Montana SB 116, Revise the Montana heritage preservation and development commission membership, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Tony Tezak (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-19 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-12). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB116-2025 - As of: 2026-10-12 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana SB 116 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Revise the Montana heritage preservation and development commission membership - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-01-09 - Last action: 2025-05-19, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: Tony Tezak (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Planning, State Government - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 11 (546 yes, 245 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 2 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Commerce staffing and admin cost reporting: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Department of Commerce provides all staff and services the commission and department decide are needed, following the state pay plan. The department charges the commission for reasonable costs. Commerce and the commission set the commission’s indirect administrative rate… - Smaller heritage commission and new appointments: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the commission has 9 members instead of 14. Two are appointed by the governor, two by the senate president, two by the house speaker, and three are the directors of the Historical Society, Fish, Wildlife and Parks, and Commerce. Appointers must give priority to people with t… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Tony Tezak (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Ken Walsh (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Steve Fitzpatrick (Republican), House ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-28 | House | Do Concur | pass | 58 | 41 | | | 2025-04-25 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 45 | 4 | | | 2025-04-25 | House | Do Concur | pass | 71 | 29 | | | 2025-04-23 | Senate | Do Concur | pass | 44 | 5 | | | 2025-04-02 | House | Do Concur | pass | 94 | 1 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | AMD-SB0116.002.005 Walsh DO PASS | fail | 18 | 82 | | | 2025-04-01 | House | Do Concur | pass | 96 | 4 | | | 2025-02-20 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 43 | 7 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | AMD-SB0116.002.001 Olsen D/PASS | fail | 18 | 32 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | AMD-SB0116.002.001 Olsen D/PASS | fail | 16 | 33 | | | 2025-02-19 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 43 | 7 | | ## Actions (40) - 2025-05-19: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate) - 2025-05-13: Signed by Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate) - 2025-05-06: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-05-06: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-29: Sent to Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Returned to Senate (House) - 2025-04-28: 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-25: 3rd Reading Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-25: 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments (House) - 2025-04-23: 2nd Reading Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Returned with Governor's Amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-07: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Returned from Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-02: Sent to Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-04-02: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-04-01: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-04-01: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (House) - 2025-03-29: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-05: Hearing (House) - 2025-02-21: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-02-21: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-02-21: Transmitted to House (Senate) - 2025-02-20: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-19: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-19: 2nd Reading Motion to Amend (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate) - 2025-01-21: Fiscal Note Signed (Senate) - 2025-01-20: Fiscal Note Received (Senate) - 2025-01-17: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-01-15: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-01-15: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate) - 2025-01-10: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-01-09: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - As Amended (Version 4), 2025-04-30: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9b1d5187-cbab-4367-9f72-541892af64a5) - As Amended (Version 5), 2025-04-30: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=4eea3576-83ab-4e85-a57a-d136bab4c24a) - Enrolled, 2025-04-03: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=33fd23f0-2258-434d-8f29-74b5aff7d2a5) - As Amended (Version 2), 2025-02-14: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=325135c2-5e5b-45e6-b16e-aeb2e0fca6b8) - Introduced, 2025-01-09: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=282d895f-0251-4006-be5a-b1b6f5dc6de3) ## Related bills - SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed) - HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed) - HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed) - SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed) - SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed) - SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed) ## Sources - [As Amended (Version 4) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=9b1d5187-cbab-4367-9f72-541892af64a5) - [As Amended (Version 5) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=4eea3576-83ab-4e85-a57a-d136bab4c24a) - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=33fd23f0-2258-434d-8f29-74b5aff7d2a5) - [As Amended (Version 2) (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=325135c2-5e5b-45e6-b16e-aeb2e0fca6b8) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=282d895f-0251-4006-be5a-b1b6f5dc6de3) ## Related - [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025) - [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025) - [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025) - [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025) - [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025) - [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025) - 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