---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for irrigation district improvements by resolution"
description: "Provide for irrigation district improvements by resolution"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 326"
citation: "Montana SB 326 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bond Issues", "Public", "Revenue", "Local", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-11"
last_action: "2021-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b6ba2ab-5f74-4029-982f-81afb104d5c9"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=326&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "3e03dfd474389fdb82fbc600c393c1dbab14067b5d497514d73abe7c8dad1374"
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 326 (2021) — Provide for irrigation district improvements by resolution

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0326_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0326_1.pdf)
2. **SB0326_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0326_2.pdf)
3. **SB0326_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0399//SB0326_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0326.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-11** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-09** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-17** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-18** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-18** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-18** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-18** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-19** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-19** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-19** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-20** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Referred to Committee - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-25** Hearing - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation
- **2021-03-18** Amendments Available
- **2021-03-18** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-19** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-19** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-23** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-24** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-26** Referred to Committee - (H) Taxation `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-26** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-01** Hearing - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-07** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Taxation
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-21** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-21** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-22** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-02** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-02** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-12** 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/7b6ba2ab-5f74-4029-982f-81afb104d5c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).