# Montana SB 339: Revise oil and gas production damage mitigation account

Montana SB 339, Revise oil and gas production damage mitigation account, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Daniel Zolnikov (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 339
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Revise oil and gas production damage mitigation account
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-17
- Last action: 2025-05-13, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Mining and Minerals, Gas and Oil, State Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (297 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Funds ready to plug orphan wells: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, cleanup money is statutorily available when the board approves it. The fund pays reasonable costs to plug wells and fix abandoned drill sites when the responsible person cannot be found, cannot be reached, or refuses to act. The responsible person still owes what they can an…
- 0.08% of oil tax to resource fund: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, after the trust-fund interest step, up to 0.08% of the oil and gas production tax goes to the oil and gas natural resource distribution account. The state then distributes that money under existing law.
- Oil well cleanup fund deposits and cap: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the state tops up the oil and gas cleanup fund with up to $650,000 in trust-fund interest at the start of each two-year period, but only until the fund reaches $1,000,000. Any part of that $650,000 not needed goes to a natural resources grants account. After other required t…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Daniel Zolnikov (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Valerie Moore (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-15 | House | Do Concur | pass | 97 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-14 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-01 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-05-13: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate)
- 2025-05-08: Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-05-01: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-17: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-04-15: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-14: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-04-09: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-04-09: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-04-04: Hearing (House)
- 2025-04-03: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-04-03: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-04-02: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-03-20: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-03-19: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-02-27: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-02-26: Fiscal Note Signed (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-02-25: Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-17: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-16: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=24ef2f23-59a5-46e5-9573-bf9d8545560d)
- Introduced, 2025-02-17: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=a2e8e8bd-f498-4316-9a76-56bac8dc1141)

## 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=24ef2f23-59a5-46e5-9573-bf9d8545560d)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=a2e8e8bd-f498-4316-9a76-56bac8dc1141)

## 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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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB339-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).