---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide nutrient pollutant loading offsets"
description: "Provide nutrient pollutant loading offsets"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 736"
citation: "Montana HB 736 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Rule Making", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Fitzpatrick"]
version_count: 30
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-12-08T17:23:27+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T18:44:11+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a46cafb4-315d-40ee-a3a9-f43d82961997"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2393?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "84d0f6253a0a28b643f2ff9d144bc1c1343ea1df62e88e57aa1b5774d9d608a6"
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 736 (2025) — Provide nutrient pollutant loading offsets

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0736.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305736)
2. **HB0736.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305733)
3. **HB0736_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287492)
4. **HB0736_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293926)
5. **HB0736_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294048)
6. **HB0736_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306095)
7. **HB0736_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306435)
8. **HB0736_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306436)
9. **HB0736_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306437)
10. **HB0736_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306438)
11. **HB0736_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287165)
12. **HB0736_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306602)
13. **HB0736_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309373)
14. **HB0736_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313863)
15. **HB0736_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313864)
16. **HB0736_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306601)
17. **HB0736_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313866)
18. **HB0736_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322504)
19. **HB0736_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324896)
20. **HB0736_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326589)
21. **HB0736_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313869)
22. **HB0736_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313870)
23. **HB0736_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315263)
24. **HB0736_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315264)
25. **HB0736_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317275)
26. **HB0736_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320785)
27. **HB0736_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322502)
28. **HB0736_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322503)
29. **HB0736_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313865)
30. **LC2393.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286267)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **69–30** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–5** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **82–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **59–41** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in_as_amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Fitzpatrick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-08T17:23:27+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-08T17:23:27+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-15T16:24:28+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-19T18:27:05+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T16:27:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-23T21:32:25+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T15:09:41+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T16:13:52+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T19:54:16+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T15:07:50+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T15:10:00+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-25T15:13:21+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-25T18:08:02+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25T20:06:19+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-27T20:43:20+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-03T23:05:50+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-03T23:20:41+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-03-04T00:02:14+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-03-04T00:02:38+00:00** (H) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-04T01:36:48+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-06T02:01:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T17:05:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:29:44+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T22:40:15+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27T15:02:37+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-08T00:38:19+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-08T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-04-11T19:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T22:31:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-12T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T20:39:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-12T23:02:39+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2025-04-17T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-17T21:07:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T17:27:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-18T19:14:32+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T19:13:03+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-29T15:00:58+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-01T20:30:56+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-01T21:48:39+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-08T17:11:09+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T18:44:11+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/a46cafb4-315d-40ee-a3a9-f43d82961997`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).