---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise FWP authority for instream flows"
description: "Revise FWP authority for instream flows"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 247"
citation: "Montana SB 247 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish and Wildlife", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 72
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2018-11-13"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b232e29-3af8-43d8-90d6-4baffce0a9fa"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=247&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "1dc76b1d9cf304014d5413cf9090fd5a800ee6d612c3425e879888708c17658f"
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 247 (2019) — Revise FWP authority for instream flows

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0247_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0247_1.pdf)
2. **SB0247_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0247_2.pdf)
3. **SB0247_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0247_3.pdf)
4. **SB0247_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0247_4.pdf)
5. **SB0247_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0299//SB0247_x.pdf)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0247.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Adopt — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Not Concur — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **13–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **68–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **65–32** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **75–25** (pass) · lower
- Do Adopt — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **34–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-13** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-27** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-26** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2019-01-26** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-07** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-02-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-07** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-07** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-02-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-11** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-11** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-26** Hearing
- **2019-03-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Transmitted to House
- **2019-03-20** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-01** Hearing
- **2019-04-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-04-09** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-11** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-11** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-12** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-17** 2nd Reading House Amendments Not Concurred `amendment-failure`
- **2019-04-17** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-18** Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-23** Hearing
- **2019-04-24** Conference Committee Dissolved
- **2019-04-24** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-24** Conference Committee Dissolved
- **2019-04-24** Free Conference Committee Appointed
- **2019-04-24** Hearing
- **2019-04-24** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-24** Free Conference Committee Report Received
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** 2nd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** 3rd Reading Free Conference Committee Report Adopted
- **2019-04-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-05-08** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b232e29-3af8-43d8-90d6-4baffce0a9fa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).