---
type: "Bill"
title: "Require notice to shared water conveyance facilities"
description: "Require notice to shared water conveyance facilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 505"
citation: "Montana HB 505 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Rule Making", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walt Sales"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-12-05"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96c20e80-d130-499a-aff4-f685800adaa4"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=505&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "9dac0884136ae55f814afb39131cc3818e9b26619a94ee29e96cc36329f27f90"
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 505 (2019) — Require notice to shared water conveyance facilities

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0505_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0505_1.pdf)
2. **HB0505_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0505_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0505.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · lower

## 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
- **2019-01-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-24** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-11** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-12** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-12** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-13** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-14** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Hearing
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-25** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-27** Returned to House
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-29** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by President
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96c20e80-d130-499a-aff4-f685800adaa4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).