# Montana SB 315: Allocate funding for petroleum tank cleanup Montana SB 315, Allocate funding for petroleum tank cleanup, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by John Esp (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-18 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB315-2025 - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Montana SB 315 - State: Montana - Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) - Title: Allocate funding for petroleum tank cleanup - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-13 - Last action: 2025-04-18, Chapter Number Assigned - Sponsor: John Esp (Republican) - Cosponsors: 2 - Subjects: Environmental Protection, Gas and Oil, State Finance - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (293 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 3 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Reimbursements for preventive tank work: benefit, medium. Beginning January 1, 2026, owners or operators of facilities that actively dispense petroleum can get paid back for certain preventive work. Eligible work includes removing inactive tanks, upgraded automatic tank gauges, replacing single-wall piping, replacing single-wall tanks 20+ years old, aging… - Cleanup meeting rules and faster claims: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, meetings about a cleanup can be optional. If expected costs are over $100,000, the parties may meet instead of must meet. If costs are under $100,000, a meeting happens only if any party asks. The board also meets at least four times a year to review and approve claims, w… - Legislature now funds admin costs: mixed, low. Beginning January 1, 2026, the Legislature must approve money to pay certain board and department administrative costs. Those costs are no longer automatically paid from the cleanup fund. The fund stays automatically available for reimbursements, approved preventive work, and loan repayments allowe… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: John Esp (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Becky Edwards (Democrat), House - Cosponsor: Janet Ellis (Democrat), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-03-29 | House | Do Concur | pass | 96 | 0 | | | 2025-03-26 | House | Do Concur | pass | 99 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 49 | 0 | | | 2025-03-03 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 49 | 0 | | ## Actions (36) - 2025-04-18: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate) - 2025-04-17: Signed by Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate) - 2025-04-08: Signed by Speaker (House) - 2025-04-02: Signed by President (Senate) - 2025-04-01: Returned from Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-29: Sent to Enrolling (Senate) - 2025-03-29: 3rd Reading (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-27: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-26: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-26: Rereferred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-26: 2nd Reading (House) - 2025-03-24: Committee Report (House) - 2025-03-21: Committee Executive Action (House) - 2025-03-19: Hearing (House) - 2025-03-17: 1st Reading (House) - 2025-03-17: Referred to Committee (House) - 2025-03-07: Transmitted to House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: 3rd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Fiscal Note Received (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-03-03: Rereferred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-03-03: 2nd Reading (Senate) - 2025-03-01: 2nd Reading Pass Consideration (Senate) - 2025-02-25: Committee Report (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate) - 2025-02-24: Committee Executive Action (Senate) - 2025-02-17: Hearing (Senate) - 2025-02-14: Referred to Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-14: 1st Reading (Senate) - 2025-02-13: Introduced (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled, 2025-03-31: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=dc3e01ab-12f7-4e2c-9773-dc551faeec86) - Introduced, 2025-02-13: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=dca3be24-509d-4c02-bd06-b7ed1b9d55e8) ## 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 - [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=dc3e01ab-12f7-4e2c-9773-dc551faeec86) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=dca3be24-509d-4c02-bd06-b7ed1b9d55e8) ## 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) - [Montana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana/bills) - [Montana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/montana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB315-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).