SB 315 Montana Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Allocate funding for petroleum tank cleanup

SB 315 revises laws related to the Petroleum Tank Release Compensation Board, establishing new procedures for reimbursing owners and operators of Montana petroleum facilities for preventative measures. These measures include the removal of inactive tanks, upgrades to automatic tank gauges, and replacement of older single-walled tanks and piping. Owners or operators can receive up to $2,000 per facility every 1,000 days for approved preventative actions. The bill also modifies procedures for discussing responses to petroleum releases, making meetings discretionary for releases under $100,000.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Feb 13, 2025 Signed Apr 18, 2025
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MINOR
The bill text was slightly modified to add the word 'AND' before the phrase 'PROVIDING A DELAYED EFFECTIVE DATE,' ensuring grammatical consistency with the preceding list of actions. This change does not alter the bill's legal meaning, scope, or policy requirements.
TECHNICAL

Added the word 'AND' to the summary of measures to improve grammatical flow and list structure.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 7, 2025 · House Mar 29, 2025

How they voted

490
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 50
Mar 7, 2025
D Democratic18
17 Yea 1
94% Yea
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
52
Key actions
13
Committee
12
Apr 17, 2025
Signed into law
(S) Signed by Governor
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
Mar 29, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (96-0-4)
house
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
(H) Rereferred to Committee - (H) Appropriations
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Mar 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources
lower
Mar 7, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (49-0-1)
senate
Mar 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
(S) Rereferred to Committee - (S) Finance and Claims
upper
Feb 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Feb 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources
upper
Feb 13, 2025
Introduced
(S) Introduced
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of John Esp
John Esp
RRepublican
MT
29