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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise northwest power and conservation council member appointment laws"
+description: "Revise northwest power and conservation council member appointment laws"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 164"
+citation: "Montana SB 164 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy", "State Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Keith Regier"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2016-12-30"
+last_action: "2017-04-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/769a5eeb-5169-4434-91d4-1dffd5c80344"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC2287&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "7fa15531a932f19f3ace8cddd20bb3cf5c6cea937650642b4d35b1320efb2d1c"
+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 164 (2017) — Revise northwest power and conservation council member appointment laws
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0164.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AMD-1 Barrett D/PASS — **39–11** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass As Amended — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Keith Regier — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-12-30** Draft Request Received
+- **2017-01-14** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2017-01-17** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-01-18** Draft in Edit
+- **2017-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2017-01-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2017-01-20** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-01-20** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-20** Executive Director Review
+- **2017-01-20** Draft in Assembly
+- **2017-01-20** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2017-01-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-01-23** Draft Back for Redo
+- **2017-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2017-01-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2017-01-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2017-01-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2017-01-26** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2017-01-26** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2017-01-26** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2017-01-27** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-27** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-09** Hearing
+- **2017-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-23** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2017-02-23** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2017-02-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
+- **2017-02-25** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-25** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-03-08** Hearing
+- **2017-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-03-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-03-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-03-24** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-03-24** Returned to Senate
+- **2017-03-25** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-03-27** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-03-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-03-29** Signed by President
+- **2017-03-30** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-03-31** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-10** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/769a5eeb-5169-4434-91d4-1dffd5c80344`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+