republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2025/sb-262.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exempt subdivision, water/sewer plans from environmental review"
description: "Exempt subdivision, water/sewer plans from environmental review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "SB 262"
citation: "Montana SB 262 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Local Government", "Rule Making", "Water"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forrest Mandeville"]
version_count: 23
action_count: 40
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-10-21T14:11:46+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-08T20:28:35+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3aae2c33-43ad-4b59-aabd-0bee82e425d5"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0587?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "0c6ab69eb31a49d2bd81e339c73cc87d43fc7a6fb57ab73c6eda3aa368a9de30"
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 262 (2025) — Exempt subdivision, water/sewer plans from environmental review

## Version chain

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

1. **LC0587.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=276924)
2. **SB0262.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299444)
3. **SB0262.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-not condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299445)
4. **SB0262_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278667)
5. **SB0262_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=279296)
6. **SB0262_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285757)
7. **SB0262_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=299847)
8. **SB0262_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309163)
9. **SB0262_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309167)
10. **SB0262_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=278666)
11. **SB0262_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309170)
12. **SB0262_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321818)
13. **SB0262_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324745)
14. **SB0262_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325886)
15. **SB0262_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309171)
16. **SB0262_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309325)
17. **SB0262_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309326)
18. **SB0262_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310947)
19. **SB0262_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316884)
20. **SB0262_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320459)
21. **SB0262_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321816)
22. **SB0262_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321817)
23. **SB0262_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309169)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **39–11** (pass) · upper
- be_concurred_in — **10–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **59–41** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **57–42** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **36–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Forrest Mandeville — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-21T14:11:46+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2025-01-25T20:56:15+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-01-26T16:24:01+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-01-29T17:26:32+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-01-30T16:04:21+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-01-31T15:21:13+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-01-31T17:00:20+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-04T15:31:01+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-04T16:05:27+00:00** (S) Introduced
- **2025-02-04T20:16:15+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-05T17:31:29+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-07T15:29:25+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Received `receipt`
- **2025-02-07T15:29:36+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-02-07T17:52:16+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2025-02-07T17:52:23+00:00** (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- **2025-02-07T21:52:59+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Local Government
- **2025-02-17T22:34:02+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18T20:13:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Local Government `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-02-20T21:55:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T21:34:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-02-21T22:30:03+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House
- **2025-02-22T15:13:29+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-22T16:11:30+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-06T16:41:17+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-03-07T17:32:54+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Local Government
- **2025-03-27T23:55:41+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-03-28T20:04:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Local Government
- **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10T20:29:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:40:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-11T23:40:37+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-12T18:36:09+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`
- **2025-05-05T18:43:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08T20:28:35+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/3aae2c33-43ad-4b59-aabd-0bee82e425d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).