---
type: "Bill"
title: "Repeal sunset on Water Court actions"
description: "Repeal sunset on Water Court actions"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 775"
citation: "Montana HB 775 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ken Walsh"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-14T21:16:47+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T20:50:26+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ade4136-13c3-4fba-94e5-ce459ee0827a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3726?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "3ef2ff5322a3fb5c50f1d3fc78e8e7a4e0b30b1d15bd32dde99faec515127626"
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 775 (2025) — Repeal sunset on Water Court actions

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0775_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288486)
2. **HB0775_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293947)
3. **HB0775_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294010)
4. **HB0775_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=305862)
5. **HB0775_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315440)
6. **HB0775_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315441)
7. **HB0775_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287562)
8. **HB0775_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315443)
9. **HB0775_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317289)
10. **HB0775_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318091)
11. **HB0775_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318092)
12. **HB0775_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320915)
13. **HB0775_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324372)
14. **HB0775_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325231)
15. **HB0775_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325232)
16. **HB0775_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325233)
17. **HB0775_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315442)
18. **LC3726.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286182)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **43–5** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **38–12** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ken Walsh — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-14T21:16:47+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-02-02T16:11:01+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-13T22:44:58+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-19T21:35:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-20T18:51:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-22T23:26:59+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-23T16:38:22+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-23T17:21:33+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-23T19:39:48+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T20:43:40+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-26T17:19:34+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T20:05:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T21:50:11+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Judiciary
- **2025-03-03T19:26:34+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T01:36:48+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Judiciary `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T02:10:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:07:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:50:34+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-19T19:06:48+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31T04:35:48+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-03-31T19:16:24+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-03T21:31:14+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-07T17:04:11+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-08T19:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Judiciary
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T19:11:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:35:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:37:28+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-27T15:06:32+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-04-27T15:06:54+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:30:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:43+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:26:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T20:50:26+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/3ade4136-13c3-4fba-94e5-ce459ee0827a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).