---
type: "Bill"
title: "Allow water right holders to consent to waive adverse effects analysis in permit or change applications"
description: "Allow water right holders to consent to waive adverse effects analysis in permit or change applications"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 190"
citation: "Montana SB 190 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Harvey"]
version_count: 18
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-16T19:01:33+00:00"
last_action: "2025-04-18T17:39:02+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1646e07-1c2e-42c3-90ab-ccbace9a2db4"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1452?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "2b2110b933a1f6954f7ddaec3a77ade08ef938527d0d066ce27930188935a408"
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 190 (2025) — Allow water right holders to consent to waive adverse effects analysis in permit or change applications

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1452.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272039)
2. **SB0190_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273637)
3. **SB0190_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275469)
4. **SB0190_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276516)
5. **SB0190_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=282666)
6. **SB0190_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=296933)
7. **SB0190_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300601)
8. **SB0190_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=273242)
9. **SB0190_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300600)
10. **SB0190_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316593)
11. **SB0190_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320190)
12. **SB0190_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321170)
13. **SB0190_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321171)
14. **SB0190_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321172)
15. **SB0190_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324529)
16. **SB0190_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326196)
17. **SB0190_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327524)
18. **SB0190_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310639)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **95–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **95–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Derek Harvey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-16T19:01:33+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-02T19:36:12+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-01-16T02:37:40+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-16T15:31:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-16T18:25:24+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-16T18:52:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-16T23:31:20+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-17T15:02:44+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-20T22:07:40+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-01-21T21:56:41+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-22T19:40:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-22T19:48:29+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-30T23:19:52+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-02-10T22:53:58+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11T20:41:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-13T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-13T20:22:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T21:45:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-14T22:11:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-17T18:11:58+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-17T20:17:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19T01:02:31+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-25T02:18:22+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-26T01:48:25+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-02-26T15:21:29+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-03-17T22:19:35+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-21T23:25:43+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-24T20:06:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-27T20:27:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:29:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-28T19:29:35+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-03-30T14:11:55+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-02T18:00:52+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-08T15:45:31+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-08T22:56:08+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-17T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-18T17:39:02+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/c1646e07-1c2e-42c3-90ab-ccbace9a2db4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).