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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revise energy laws to allow electric utilities to participate in EV marketplace"
+description: "Revise energy laws to allow electric utilities to participate in EV marketplace"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 456"
+citation: "Montana HB 456 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy", "Motor Vehicles (see also: Taxation--Trans; Traffic Regulations; Transportation)", "Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Christopher Pope"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2018-12-02"
+last_action: "2019-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc37b656-ea5d-480d-9f4b-ec37268bb41c"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=456&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "e1f688ce8fa0bb25c05098c9d324662165c482d5184f6f7a319940d8d61b50ef"
+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 HB 456 (2019) — Revise energy laws to allow electric utilities to participate in EV marketplace
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0456_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0456_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0456_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0456_x.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0456.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **64–36** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **37–12** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **30–19** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **62–37** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–2** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS — **12–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Christopher Pope — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-02** Draft Request Received
+- **2018-12-14** Draft Taken by Drafter
+- **2019-01-30** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-02-05** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-02-06** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-02-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
+- **2019-02-08** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-02-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-02-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-08** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-02-08** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-02-08** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-02-11** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-02-13** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-02-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-13** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-20** Hearing
+- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-02** Hearing
+- **2019-04-02** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-03** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-05** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-05** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-08** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-08** Returned to House
+- **2019-04-08** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-10** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-16** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
+- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc37b656-ea5d-480d-9f4b-ec37268bb41c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
+