---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise time period for Water Court decrees"
description: "Revise time period for Water Court decrees"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 220"
citation: "Montana HB 220 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts (see also: Judges and Justices; Juries and Jurors)", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Sales"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8e2742d-b709-43e4-9b87-d3ac3d1835b8"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=220&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "3963ac453231bdc255ffd8458c77a63342091d7064ceb80b31586d39a505a536"
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 220 (2019) — Revise time period for Water Court decrees

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0220_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0220_1.pdf)
2. **HB0220_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0220_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0220.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walt Sales — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-21** Draft On Hold
- **2018-12-28** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2018-12-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-08** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-08** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-11** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-16** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-16** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-30** Hearing
- **2019-02-04** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-05** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-07** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-08** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-11** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-11** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** Hearing
- **2019-02-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-21** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-02-22** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-22** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-22** Returned to House
- **2019-02-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-02-28** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-02-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Signed by President
- **2019-03-13** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-19** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-20** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8e2742d-b709-43e4-9b87-d3ac3d1835b8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).