---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise county water and/or sewer district rate notification laws"
description: "Revise county water and/or sewer district rate notification laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 403"
citation: "Montana SB 403 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Officers (see also: Local Government)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Public Officers and Employees", "Revenue", "Local"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bob Keenan"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-11-10"
last_action: "2021-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eed6ef7a-7959-4b5f-a6ee-d1453799ddfa"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=403&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "16bf6e596cd1d8d793bad774053db165ba96004a94b28bc34491fde757ea199a"
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 403 (2021) — Revise county water and/or sewer district rate notification laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0403_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0403_1.pdf)
2. **SB0403_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0403_2.pdf)
3. **SB0403_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0499//SB0403_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0403.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **97–3** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bob Keenan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-10** Draft Request Received
- **2021-03-08** Draft On Hold
- **2021-03-25** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2021-03-26** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-03-26** Draft in Edit
- **2021-03-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-03-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-03-29** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-03-29** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-29** Executive Director Review
- **2021-03-29** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-03-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-29** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-03-29** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-03-29** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-03-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-30** Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-06** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-07** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Transmitted to House
- **2021-04-09** Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-04-13** Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2021-04-19** Amendments Available
- **2021-04-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Local Government
- **2021-04-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (H) Local Government
- **2021-04-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-26** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-27** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-05-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-11** 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/eed6ef7a-7959-4b5f-a6ee-d1453799ddfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).