---
type: "Bill"
title: "Increase membership for the board of water well contractors"
description: "Increase membership for the board of water well contractors"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 163"
citation: "Montana SB 163 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carl Glimm"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-12-13"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62916306-55e5-4035-9c82-fb69701c6eab"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=163&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "8d36a3e1106f4f8a2bec7f66e50d514e3bc09e0ef05c2a17c056f87ba81ef1f9"
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 163 (2021) — Increase membership for the board of water well contractors

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0163_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0163_1.pdf)
2. **SB0163_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0163_2.pdf)
3. **SB0163_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0163_3.pdf)
4. **SB0163_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0199//SB0163_X.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0163.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **70–27** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **10–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **73–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Carl Glimm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-13** Draft Request Received
- **2021-01-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-01-18** Draft in Edit
- **2021-01-21** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-01-22** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-01-22** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-01-22** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-25** Executive Director Review
- **2021-01-25** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-01-25** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-01-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-01-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2021-01-27** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-01-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-02** Fiscal Note Received
- **2021-02-03** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2021-02-03** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2021-02-15** Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2021-02-17** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-17** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2021-02-26** Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-24** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Natural Resources
- **2021-03-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-01** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-01** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-09** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-12** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-19** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-19** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-22** Signed by President
- **2021-04-23** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-23** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62916306-55e5-4035-9c82-fb69701c6eab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).