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Montana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 178: Provide for temporary lease of water rights

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 178 is a bill introduced in the Montana Senate on October 1, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Provide for temporary lease of water rights. Primary sponsor: Sue Vinton (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Chapter Number Assigned.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sue VintonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chapter Number Assigned
  2. (S) Signed by Governor
  3. (S) Transmitted to Governor
  4. (H) Signed by Speaker
  5. (S) Signed by President
  6. (S) Returned from Enrolling
  7. (S) Sent to Enrolling
  8. (S) 3rd Reading House Amendments
  9. (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
  10. (S) 2nd Reading House Amendments
  11. (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
  12. (S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source