---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow Water Court review of certain DNRC decisions"
description: "Allow Water Court review of certain DNRC decisions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 28"
citation: "Montana SB 28 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chas Vincent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-10-20"
last_action: "2017-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/759a71ea-3ce6-4744-a1f5-6d45aabdefd0"
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=LC0564&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "d83619806987a7253a18325bad63e7dbfc4c01a956d1dc0ca38db4f44c70f1c9"
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 28 (2017) — Allow Water Court review of certain DNRC decisions

## 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/SB0028.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **79–19** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–7** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **35–11** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **78–22** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **34–14** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Chas Vincent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-10-20** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-10-26** Draft in Edit
- **2016-11-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2016-11-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-17** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-18** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-18** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-12-08** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-12-08** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-08** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2016-12-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-01-03** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-01-04** Hearing
- **2017-01-10** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-11** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-18** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-01-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-01-19** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-01-19** Transmitted to House
- **2017-01-24** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-24** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-10** Hearing
- **2017-03-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-14** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-15** Returned to Senate
- **2017-03-16** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-03-17** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-03-17** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-03-20** Signed by President
- **2017-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-21** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-31** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-31** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/759a71ea-3ce6-4744-a1f5-6d45aabdefd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).