---
type: "Bill"
title: "Remove appointed members & allow ex officio members on county water/sewer board"
description: "Remove appointed members & allow ex officio members on county water/sewer board"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 35"
citation: "Montana HB 35 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)", "Public Officers and Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Brewster"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-09-14T17:51:22+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T20:04:29+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4448c121-40eb-4830-b835-515887ebf2bc"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0365"
source_hash: "e9243fd49f24b27e9cccfdf80f2edf24b8c86f61fe5875fd99825f71ced14036"
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 35 (2023) — Remove appointed members & allow ex officio members on county water/sewer board

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0035.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2768)
2. **HB0035.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2769)
3. **HB0035.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2770)
4. **HB0035.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2771)
5. **HB0035.001.003_combo_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2772)
6. **HB0035.001.003_combo_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2773)
7. **HB0035.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2774)
8. **HB0035.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2775)
9. **HB0035_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2776)
10. **HB0035_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2777)
11. **HB0035_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2778)
12. **HB0035_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=2779)

## Votes

- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **97–2** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Larry Brewster — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T20:04:29+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T22:17:54+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-05-04T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-02T16:53:45+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-05-02T16:50:29+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T21:15:10+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-26T19:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-26T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-24T19:41:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19T02:01:00+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-18T21:54:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-18T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-17T17:04:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T22:17:22+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-04-13T19:40:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-04-12T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-31T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-28T16:41:20+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-01-18T20:11:40+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-18T17:50:48+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-18T17:49:05+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-17T20:53:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-16T20:25:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-11T20:51:28+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-01-11T20:12:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T22:45:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-10T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-09T19:40:30+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-02T20:24:26+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-12-05T22:54:43+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-05T21:45:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-12-05T21:43:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2022-12-05T21:40:00+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-11-16T18:40:48+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-11-16T18:12:31+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-11-15T22:19:55+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-11-15T22:19:54+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-09-23T15:41:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-09-23T00:39:31+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-09-19T19:01:52+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-09-14T19:18:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-09-14T17:51:22+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4448c121-40eb-4830-b835-515887ebf2bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).