---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish setbacks for wells and lagoons"
description: "Establish setbacks for wells and lagoons"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 368"
citation: "Montana HB 368 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Sales"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 59
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-12-04"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5c73072-0b7c-4ce5-a43c-e4529c50ee37"
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=LC1490&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "a594f1eaa8f5c5ae1a0956150a952628806a1f60568330ce3828ac337afb4e61"
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 368 (2017) — Establish setbacks for wells and lagoons

## 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/HB0368.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **9–6** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **54–46** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **92–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **94–6** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **62–38** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Walt Sales — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-12-04** Draft Request Received
- **2016-12-08** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-02** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-01-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-12** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-12** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-17** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-17** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-17** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-20** Draft Back for Redo
- **2017-01-20** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-23** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-23** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-23** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-31** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-02** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-08** Hearing
- **2017-02-17** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-02-24** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2017-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Hearing
- **2017-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-04** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-06** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-07** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5c73072-0b7c-4ce5-a43c-e4529c50ee37`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).