---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise right-of-way laws"
description: "Revise right-of-way laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 122"
citation: "Montana HB 122 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Communications", "Energy", "Highways and Roads", "Information Technology", "Local Government", "Property", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Larry Brewster"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 37
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2024-11-16T19:51:44+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-05T19:19:51+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/daaa19ac-6d46-4a03-9ddb-42dd4c258dcb"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1473?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "4dd1f9eb809f7dcba6d467660fe95d67d0ece45850a54fbd76d87d85decc4943"
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 122 (2025) — Revise right-of-way laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0122.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=270344)
2. **HB0122_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269945)
3. **HB0122_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273875)
4. **HB0122_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273876)
5. **HB0122_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273877)
6. **HB0122_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273878)
7. **HB0122_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275480)
8. **HB0122_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276527)
9. **HB0122_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269902)
10. **HB0122_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273880)
11. **HB0122_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=298453)
12. **HB0122_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306938)
13. **HB0122_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306939)
14. **HB0122_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273881)
15. **HB0122_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273882)
16. **HB0122_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273919)
17. **HB0122_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273920)
18. **HB0122_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273923)
19. **HB0122_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275485)
20. **HB0122_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276533)
21. **HB0122_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=277143)
22. **HB0122_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273879)
23. **HB0122_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316770)
24. **HB0122_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320349)
25. **HB0122_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321423)
26. **HB0122_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321424)
27. **HB0122_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321425)
28. **HB0122_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324603)
29. **HB0122_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326207)
30. **HB0122_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310831)
31. **LC1473.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269325)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **70–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **31–17** (pass) · upper
- do_pass_as_amended — **9–5** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **76–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Larry Brewster — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-16T19:51:44+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-04T19:30:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-12-06T00:32:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-18T16:20:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-18T22:12:42+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-18T22:14:54+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-20T19:37:26+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-07T14:49:19+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-07T15:20:51+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-01-07T18:52:00+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-07T20:17:20+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-17T19:24:44+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2025-01-22T22:42:26+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-22T23:23:56+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-23T20:27:09+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-28T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28T20:54:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T21:42:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-29T22:19:04+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-01-30T21:47:55+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-18T18:39:49+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12T17:51:23+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-25T20:51:29+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-25T20:54:21+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-03-27T19:22:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-04-07T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07T21:40:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-08T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T20:38:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-08T20:38:20+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-10T14:32:22+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T19:00:46+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22T00:00:24+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-22T18:10:24+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-05T19:19:51+00:00** 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/daaa19ac-6d46-4a03-9ddb-42dd4c258dcb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).