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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Eliminate the electrical licensing exemption for grid-tied generation"
+description: "Eliminate the electrical licensing exemption for grid-tied generation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "SB 36"
+citation: "Montana SB 36 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy", "Professions and Occupations Generally", "Professions and Occupations E-N"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Duane Ankney"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-09-13"
+last_action: "2017-02-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8c5ffa66-943d-4241-9133-64798d8cb406"
+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=LC0424&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
+source_hash: "c3c1f4c7912ba59dd664c26af48f96fa40788385f752ef5c63ae67aedf8079cf"
+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 36 (2017) — Eliminate the electrical licensing exemption for grid-tied generation
+
+## 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/SB0036.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **84–15** (pass) · legislature
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **15–1** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Concur — **86–14** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
+- DO PASS — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
+- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Duane Ankney — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-09-13** Draft Request Received
+- **2016-10-12** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2016-10-12** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2016-10-16** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-10-16** Draft in Edit
+- **2016-10-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
+- **2016-10-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2016-11-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2016-11-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-11-07** Executive Director Review
+- **2016-11-07** Draft in Assembly
+- **2016-11-09** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-11-09** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-12-08** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
+- **2016-12-09** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2016-12-09** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2016-12-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-01-19** Hearing
+- **2017-01-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-20** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2017-01-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-01-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2017-01-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-01-25** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-01-25** Transmitted to House
+- **2017-01-26** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2017-02-01** Hearing
+- **2017-02-01** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-02-02** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2017-02-03** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2017-02-03** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-06** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2017-02-06** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2017-02-06** Returned to Senate
+- **2017-02-07** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2017-02-07** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2017-02-07** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2017-02-08** Signed by President
+- **2017-02-09** Signed by Speaker
+- **2017-02-09** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-02-13** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-02-13** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8c5ffa66-943d-4241-9133-64798d8cb406`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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