---
type: "Bill"
title: "Water permit exemption for fire department operations"
description: "Water permit exemption for fire department operations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 429"
citation: "Montana HB 429 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Cuffe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2655c1b-0eb5-4c06-95aa-c5d556f512d4"
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=LC2453&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "e7d30c9dd36e4495f0fb7c6eb683f0008b3d23f671bb73bf8d4659b629ef0572"
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 429 (2017) — Water permit exemption for fire department operations

## 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/HB0429.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **96–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–1** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **15–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mike Cuffe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Draft Request Received
- **2017-02-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-05** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-06** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-08** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-08** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-09** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-13** Hearing
- **2017-02-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-16** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-16** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-17** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-20** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-20** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Hearing
- **2017-04-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-08** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-11** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-12** Returned to House
- **2017-04-13** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-18** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-18** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2655c1b-0eb5-4c06-95aa-c5d556f512d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).