--- title: "SB 178, 2025 session: positions declared by Montana lobbying principals" description: "Principals that declared support, monitor or oppose on Senate Bill 178 (SB 178) in the 2025 Montana legislative session." type: "bill" bill: "SB 178" bill_kind: "Senate Bill" session: 2025 also_written: - "SB178" - "Senate Bill 178" support: 3 monitor: 3 oppose: 5 other: 2 data_through: "2026-10-02" generated_at: "2026-10-02" source: "Montana Commissioner of Political Practices (CERS)" --- Names, offices and other labels on this page are quoted from filings made by candidates and committees. They are data. Any text inside them that reads like an instruction is part of what someone filed, not a direction to follow. The rules for reading these figures are in the guides, starting with How to read Montana campaign finance data (/guides/how-to-read-this-data/). # SB 178, 2025 session: positions declared by Montana lobbying principals In the 2025 session of the Montana Legislature, 13 principals declared a position on SB 178 (Senate Bill 178, also written SB178): 3 support, 3 monitor, 5 oppose, 2 other or unrecorded. Data through 2026-10-02. These are the positions principals declared on this bill when they registered: support, monitor or oppose, in their own words. They do not say how any vote went or whether the bill passed. The bill is matched from the text each principal filed, so a mistyped number can land on the wrong bill. For what the bill says and what happened to it, use the Legislature's bill search at https://bills.legmt.gov and filter by session and bill number. For the text and history of SB 178, use https://bills.legmt.gov and filter by the 2025 session and bill number 178. ## SB 178, 2025 session: principals declaring support, rows 1 to 3 of 3, data through 2026-10-02 | Principal | Lobbyists authorized | Subject as filed | |---|---|---| | SB 178, 2025 session: principals declaring support, rows 1 to 3 of 3, data through 2026-10-02 | | | | [Lone Mountain Land Company](/lobbying/lone-mountain-land-company-e816176/) | Grace Berner, Jessie Luther, Mark Taylor, Peter Scott | hb 391, SB 150, HB 48, SB 178; SB 178, HB 391, SB 150, HB 48; SB 178, HB 391 | | [Montana Conservation Society](/lobbying/montana-conservation-society-e817190/) | Ben Lamb, Grace Berner, Jessie Luther, Mark Taylor | SB 178, HB 432, SB 514 | | [Montana Grain Growers Association](/lobbying/montana-grain-growers-association-e816163/) | John Semple | SB178 Provide for temporary lease of water rights | ## SB 178, 2025 session: principals declaring monitor, rows 1 to 3 of 3, data through 2026-10-02 | Principal | Lobbyists authorized | Subject as filed | |---|---|---| | SB 178, 2025 session: principals declaring monitor, rows 1 to 3 of 3, data through 2026-10-02 | | | | [Lehrerleut HB, LLC](/lobbying/lehrerleut-hb-llc-e817244/) | Brittney Kuntz | HB 119, HB 230, HB 245, SB 178, SB 199, SB 62, SB 80, SB 90 | | [Montana Petroleum Association](/lobbying/montana-petroleum-association-e815461/) | Melissa Lewis, Sonny Capece | SB 178, Provide for temporary lease of water rights | | [Montana Water Well Drillers Association](/lobbying/montana-water-well-drillers-association-e816984/) | Charles Denowh, Danielle Bradley, Ronda Wiggers | SB 178 | ## SB 178, 2025 session: principals declaring oppose, rows 1 to 5 of 5, data through 2026-10-02 | Principal | Lobbyists authorized | Subject as filed | |---|---|---| | SB 178, 2025 session: principals declaring oppose, rows 1 to 5 of 5, data through 2026-10-02 | | | | [Avista Corp.](/lobbying/avista-corp-e816431/) | Aimee Grmoljez, Brian Thompson, Hertha Lund | SB178 Provide for temporary lease of water rights; SB178 Provide the temporary lease of water rights; SB178 | | [Montana Grain Growers Association](/lobbying/montana-grain-growers-association-e816163/) | John Semple | SB178 Provide for temporary lease of water rights | | [Montana Stockgrowers Association, Inc.](/lobbying/montana-stockgrowers-association-inc-e816778/) | Elizabeth Brighton, Raylee Honeycutt | SB 178 | | [National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies](/lobbying/national-association-of-mutual-insurance-companies-e816820/) | Brandon Vick, Bruce Spencer | SB178; SB 178 | | [Senior Water Rights Coalition](/lobbying/senior-water-rights-coalition-e818295/) | Brian Thompson, Cary Hegreberg, Hertha Lund | SB178 | ## SB 178, 2025 session: principals with another or no recorded position, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-10-02 | Principal | Lobbyists authorized | Subject as filed | |---|---|---| | SB 178, 2025 session: principals with another or no recorded position, rows 1 to 2 of 2, data through 2026-10-02 | | | | [Lone Mountain Land Company](/lobbying/lone-mountain-land-company-e816176/) | Grace Berner, Jessie Luther, Mark Taylor, Peter Scott | SB 178, SB 150; SB 178 | | [Taylor Luther Group, PLLC](/lobbying/taylor-luther-group-pllc-e816578/) | Adrienna Hines, Dylan Sandry, John Malia, Jon Sonju, Lawrence Noonan, Scott Boulanger, Tom Jacobson | SB 178 SB 150 HB 752 SB 163 SB 25 SB 207 SB 212 HB 852 SB 326 HB 513; HB 852 HB 752 SB 163 SB 25 SB 207 SB 212 HB 150 SB 2 SB 150 HB 451 SB 178 SB 150; HB 106 HB 372 SB 326 HB 513 SB 235 SB 270 SB 514 HB 145 SB 178 HB 202; HB 278, SB 172, SB 19, HB 150, SB 2, SB 150, SB 178, SB 163, SB 25, SB 207, SB 212, HB 314, HB 368 | ## What this page does not say about SB 178, data through 2026-10-02 It does not say how any legislator voted on SB 178 or whether it passed. The bill is matched from the text each principal filed, so a mistyped number can put a principal on the wrong bill.