---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise Smith River permit laws"
description: "Generally revise Smith River permit laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 257"
citation: "Montana SB 257 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fish", "Revenue", "State", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laura Smith"]
version_count: 25
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-11-11T20:58:38+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-13T22:38:13+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2f56493-af79-492b-b309-f94b887be212"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC1062?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "da4309e4427e74d146ea21d99600580f792ff03f9122766e6beb134b56ba629a"
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 257 (2025) — Generally revise Smith River permit laws

## Version chain

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

1. **LC1062.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=274689)
2. **SB0257.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299282)
3. **SB0257.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299283)
4. **SB0257_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279295)
5. **SB0257_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288858)
6. **SB0257_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306812)
7. **SB0257_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312359)
8. **SB0257_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312361)
9. **SB0257_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278208)
10. **SB0257_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312366)
11. **SB0257_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322643)
12. **SB0257_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322644)
13. **SB0257_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=322645)
14. **SB0257_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324941)
15. **SB0257_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326075)
16. **SB0257_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327466)
17. **SB0257_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312367)
18. **SB0257_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312390)
19. **SB0257_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313305)
20. **SB0257_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313306)
21. **SB0257_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313346)
22. **SB0257_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=313347)
23. **SB0257_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317126)
24. **SB0257_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320690)
25. **SB0257_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=312362)

## Votes

- do_pass — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **47–3** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **19–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **96–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **100–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laura Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-11T20:58:38+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-27T16:30:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-27T17:20:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-27T18:01:09+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-27T23:32:50+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-28T03:28:57+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-28T17:15:06+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-01-30T23:33:30+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-03T17:34:14+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-03T20:16:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05T17:27:41+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Fish and Game `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05T19:39:00+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-07T17:37:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Fish and Game
- **2025-02-11T15:09:49+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-11T15:41:57+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Signed
- **2025-02-11T18:47:03+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- **2025-02-13T22:32:54+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-14T22:14:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Fish and Game `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-25T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-25T20:57:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-26T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T22:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-26T23:13:43+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-27T17:18:19+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27T20:04:00+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-17T22:01:18+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-04-08T22:57:27+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-04-09T20:10:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- **2025-04-15T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-15T19:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-16T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T20:57:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-16T20:57:33+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-18T16:32:58+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-04-23T13:00:31+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-04-29T22:15:14+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-30T16:55:55+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-09T02:37:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13T22:38:13+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/f2f56493-af79-492b-b309-f94b887be212`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).