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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise liability limits for irrigation operators"
+description: "Revise liability limits for irrigation operators"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 307"
+citation: "Montana SB 307 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Liability (see also: Remedies; Torts)", "State/Other Government Levels", "Immunity From Suit", "Water"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 45
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-12-11"
+last_action: "2021-04-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f963e57e-1f22-49fb-8d51-47c9866e0922"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=307&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "3885719688d32215242ab1844a5a917fdbe054fbaac3706de710ea92daeb2f48"
+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 307 (2021) — Revise liability limits for irrigation operators
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **SB0307_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0307_1.pdf)
+2. **SB0307_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0307_X.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0307.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **11–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **83–17** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **88–12** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mike Lang — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-11** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-02-10** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-02-14** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-15** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-18** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-19** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-20** Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-25** Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
+- **2021-02-25** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
+- **2021-02-26** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
+- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (H) Agriculture `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-18** Hearing Canceled - (H) Agriculture
+- **2021-03-25** Hearing - (H) Agriculture
+- **2021-03-30** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
+- **2021-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Agriculture
+- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-09** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-12** Returned to Senate
+- **2021-04-13** 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`
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-29** 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/f963e57e-1f22-49fb-8d51-47c9866e0922`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+