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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarify water commissioner appointments"
+description: "Clarify water commissioner appointments"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 140"
+citation: "Montana HB 140 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Water"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Sharon Stewart-Peregoy"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-08-30"
+last_action: "2017-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb060b89-6096-4cd2-bcef-8e1cb2b5ee9f"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0323&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "0604e4799a857530437c4c6b7426d5efaeb60b8adcfef6cb9e4c2b1035477f4d"
+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 HB 140 (2017) — Clarify water commissioner appointments
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/HB0140.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **48–1** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–0** (pass) · legislature
+- AMD-1 Cohenour D/PASS — **22–27** (fail) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **100–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Sharon Stewart-Peregoy — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-08-30** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-11-08** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-11-08** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2016-11-14** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-11-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2016-11-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2016-11-29** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2016-11-29** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-11-30** Executive Director Review
+- **2016-11-30** Draft in Assembly
+- **2016-11-30** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-12-15** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-12-15** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2016-12-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-12-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-16** Hearing
+- **2017-01-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-31** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-31** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-02** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-02** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-03** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-03** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-03** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2017-02-06** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-13** Hearing
+- **2017-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-04-03** Returned to House
+- **2017-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-04-05** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-04-06** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-04-07** Signed by President
+- **2017-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-20** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-20** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb060b89-6096-4cd2-bcef-8e1cb2b5ee9f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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