---
type: "Bill"
title: "Authorize consolidation of county and municipal water and/or sewer districts"
description: "Authorize consolidation of county and municipal water and/or sewer districts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 675"
citation: "Montana HB 675 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Officers (see also: Local Government)", "Counties (see also: Local Government)", "Dams (same as: Water)", "Local Government (see also: City Subjects; County Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Brewster"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-23T16:05:02+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-24T18:23:57+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cd76557-50fe-4a39-9a9e-99dec99e7b6e"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC4263"
source_hash: "9896c8c08cb9aebd1ca02d1654e0e8c35bef14eb11a2451db428d45449bbd99c"
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 675 (2023) — Authorize consolidation of county and municipal water and/or sewer districts

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0675_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9787)
2. **HB0675_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=9788)

## Votes

- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Larry Brewster — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-24T18:23:57+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-24T17:54:10+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18T15:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-18T14:30:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-17T14:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-16T19:49:01+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-16T19:49:00+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-11T20:09:59+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-07T16:16:45+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-06T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-30T23:50:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-29T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-22T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-13T19:45:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:18+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:35:02+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T17:02:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T03:14:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T02:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-01T00:07:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T22:00:42+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-21T20:42:18+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-21T18:42:45+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20T23:14:41+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-20T21:40:18+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-20T19:56:40+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-18T23:40:14+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-18T21:45:31+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-18T21:45:27+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-18T20:38:29+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-18T19:20:43+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-18T17:23:02+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-18T17:23:01+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-18T16:15:15+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-18T04:35:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-16T21:00:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-16T20:21:31+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-16T04:43:46+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-23T16:05:02+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/7cd76557-50fe-4a39-9a9e-99dec99e7b6e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).