---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to preliminary determinations for water right permits or changes in appropriations"
description: "Revise laws related to preliminary determinations for water right permits or changes in appropriations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 76"
citation: "Montana SB 76 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue Vinton"]
version_count: 31
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-08T20:04:09+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-27T19:17:03+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e62f907b-2ae9-4ff2-a535-ec7115df92a3"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0553?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "b32df5754307b8da309bec614432053df234d4ced7291f1bafa1e5a334d3a1da"
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 76 (2025) — Revise laws related to preliminary determinations for water right permits or changes in appropriations

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0553.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=266641)
2. **SB0076_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269514)
3. **SB0076_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272817)
4. **SB0076_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272818)
5. **SB0076_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272820)
6. **SB0076_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=272976)
7. **SB0076_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=275391)
8. **SB0076_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276440)
9. **SB0076_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278550)
10. **SB0076_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284211)
11. **SB0076_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=269513)
12. **SB0076_2(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284212)
13. **SB0076_2(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284213)
14. **SB0076_2(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284711)
15. **SB0076_2(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284712)
16. **SB0076_2(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284781)
17. **SB0076_2(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284782)
18. **SB0076_2(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289852)
19. **SB0076_2(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289853)
20. **SB0076_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=284208)
21. **SB0076_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=295338)
22. **SB0076_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325865)
23. **SB0076_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297364)
24. **SB0076_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297365)
25. **SB0076_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=297366)
26. **SB0076_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310570)
27. **SB0076_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316532)
28. **SB0076_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320140)
29. **SB0076_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321311)
30. **SB0076_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324575)
31. **SB0076_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294171)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **48–2** (pass) · upper
- do_pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- be_concurred_in — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sue Vinton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-08T20:04:09+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-11-21T21:08:14+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2024-11-22T15:31:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2024-12-03T19:14:36+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2024-12-04T18:09:43+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2024-12-04T18:52:45+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2024-12-05T17:10:04+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2024-12-27T18:50:12+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2024-12-27T19:06:00+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-01-06T21:53:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-01-07T22:04:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-10T17:48:05+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Natural Resources
- **2025-01-15T23:06:41+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-16T20:12:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Natural Resources `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-17T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-01-17T20:42:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-01-20T20:55:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-01-21T15:03:18+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-01-21T17:21:11+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-21T20:10:01+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-01T01:02:52+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-02-03T23:27:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-02-04T20:30:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Natural Resources
- **2025-02-14T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-14T20:47:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T21:25:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18T21:25:54+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-02-20T18:06:39+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-02-21T00:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-02-21T00:40:48+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-21T23:00:00+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-27T16:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-02-27T19:17:03+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/e62f907b-2ae9-4ff2-a535-ec7115df92a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).