republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2019/hb-45.md

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Bill	Clarify criteria for water right permit relying on waiver of adverse effect	Clarify criteria for water right permit relying on waiver of adverse effect	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2019	HB 45	Montana HB 45 (2019)	bill	Property Rule Making Water	enacted	Zach Brown	3	41	6	2018-09-19	2019-03-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c149964a-61ec-443b-974f-ba8325d9a37f	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=45&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191	c3918b0b99d618305cf25806398d017669d2b0ee497147239b8650a38350cfde	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana HB 45 (2019) — Clarify criteria for water right permit relying on waiver of adverse effect

Version chain

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

1. HB0045_1.pdf (committee substitute) — source
2. HB0045_x.pdf (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 89–11 (pass) · lower
• DO PASS — 13–2 (pass) · lower
• BE CONCURRED IN — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass — 87–13 (pass) · lower
• Do Concur — 35–15 (pass) · upper
• Do Concur — 30–19 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Zach Brown — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-09-19 Draft Request Received
• 2018-11-20 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2018-11-20 Draft in Legal Review
• 2018-11-21 Draft in Edit
• 2018-11-26 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
• 2018-11-26 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2018-11-29 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2018-11-29 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2018-11-29 Executive Director Review
• 2018-11-29 Draft in Assembly
• 2018-11-30 Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
• 2018-12-07 Introduced introduction
• 2018-12-07 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2018-12-12 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2019-01-07 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-01-18 Hearing
• 2019-02-01 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2019-02-04 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2019-02-06 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2019-02-06 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2019-02-07 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2019-02-07 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-07 Transmitted to Senate
• 2019-02-08 First Reading reading-1
• 2019-02-08 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-15 Hearing
• 2019-02-15 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2019-02-16 Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2019-02-19 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2019-02-19 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2019-02-20 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2019-02-20 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2019-02-20 Returned to House
• 2019-02-21 Sent to Enrolling
• 2019-02-22 Returned from Enrolling
• 2019-02-22 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2019-02-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-02-25 Signed by President
• 2019-02-26 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-03-07 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2019-03-07 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c149964a-61ec-443b-974f-ba8325d9a37f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).