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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Clarify criteria for permits and water right changes"
+description: "Clarify criteria for permits and water right changes"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 136"
+citation: "Montana SB 136 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Water"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 48
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-10-13"
+last_action: "2021-04-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a9bc528-c506-4ac4-b83a-ab553bf0b8fc"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=136&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "a1df5898055f5a71ac22c9d996bfa737dc0f0d6a7038075d6652a6d8a1dc5381"
+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 SB 136 (2021) — Clarify criteria for permits and water right changes
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0136_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0136_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0136_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0136_2.pdf)
+3. **SB0136_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0136_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0136.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **45–4** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-10-13** Draft Request Received
+- **2020-10-23** Draft On Hold
+- **2020-12-03** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2021-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-01-11** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-01-12** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-01-15** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-01-15** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-01-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-01-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-19** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-01-20** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-20** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-01-21** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-01-21** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-01-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-01-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-01-22** Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-03** Amendments Available
+- **2021-02-03** Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
+- **2021-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-02-20** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-02-22** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-22** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
+- **2021-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
+- **2021-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
+- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-04-15** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-04-15** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-30** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5a9bc528-c506-4ac4-b83a-ab553bf0b8fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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