---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to lakeshore protection"
description: "Revise laws related to lakeshore protection"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Montana SB 168 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Fish", "Local Government", "Property"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Greg Hertz"]
version_count: 41
action_count: 36
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-11T16:01:21+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T22:12:24+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04871757-50a2-40a0-9776-5f74e45e8842"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1009?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "a99171d2e6d99431250c8b0a9a01705f21652035b237467e3cd550564c742b89"
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 SB 168 (2025) — Revise laws related to lakeshore protection

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1009.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272081)
2. **SB0168.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279935)
3. **SB0168_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272449)
4. **SB0168_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281086)
5. **SB0168_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281089)
6. **SB0168_1(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281090)
7. **SB0168_1(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281095)
8. **SB0168_1(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281096)
9. **SB0168_1(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281097)
10. **SB0168_1(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281098)
11. **SB0168_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273187)
12. **SB0168_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275411)
13. **SB0168_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276459)
14. **SB0168_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280943)
15. **SB0168_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=280945)
16. **SB0168_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281077)
17. **SB0168_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281082)
18. **SB0168_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281085)
19. **SB0168_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272448)
20. **SB0168_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281100)
21. **SB0168_2(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283889)
22. **SB0168_2(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306848)
23. **SB0168_2(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309089)
24. **SB0168_2(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309091)
25. **SB0168_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281101)
26. **SB0168_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281102)
27. **SB0168_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281106)
28. **SB0168_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281107)
29. **SB0168_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281108)
30. **SB0168_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281127)
31. **SB0168_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281128)
32. **SB0168_2(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281129)
33. **SB0168_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=281099)
34. **SB0168_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316877)
35. **SB0168_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320452)
36. **SB0168_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321762)
37. **SB0168_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321763)
38. **SB0168_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321764)
39. **SB0168_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324730)
40. **SB0168_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326059)
41. **SB0168_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310940)

## Votes

- do_pass_as_amended — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **42–8** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **64–35** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **44–6** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **10–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **63–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Greg Hertz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-11T16:01:21+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-15T19:22:28+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-16T17:29:29+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-16T19:49:11+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-16T20:48:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-16T23:39:10+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-17T14:36:25+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-17T20:43:36+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-17T21:05:32+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-20T20:50:15+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-21T17:18:23+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-23T16:45:53+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-01-24T21:49:00+00:00** (S) Sponsor List Modified
- **2025-02-11T00:20:46+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11T20:36:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-15T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-15T16:57:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T21:33:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T22:50:50+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-19T18:57:14+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19T20:12:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06T16:43:42+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-04-09T00:03:17+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-04-09T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-04-10T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T23:48:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:01:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:50:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:51:10+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T17:03:43+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05T18:29:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T22:12:24+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/04871757-50a2-40a0-9776-5f74e45e8842`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).