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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Requiring opt-in for advanced meter installation"
+description: "Requiring opt-in for advanced meter installation"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 606"
+citation: "Montana HB 606 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Revenue", "State", "Rule Making", "Utilities"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Paul Fielder"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2020-12-10"
+last_action: "2021-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8955a718-8922-4899-8b8c-884781c7ccd5"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=606&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "941657cec4351c2e0a1f4fcc67e276cdf933f89840274c7b7659db07909c7415"
+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 606 (2021) — Requiring opt-in for advanced meter installation
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0606_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0606_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0606_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0606_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0606_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0606_3.pdf)
+4. **HB0606_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0606_X.pdf)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0606.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **12–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **47–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass — **79–20** (pass) · lower
+- AMD-001 Fielder D/PASS — **94–5** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass As Amended — **79–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Paul Fielder — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-10** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-01-28** Draft On Hold
+- **2021-02-16** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2021-02-16** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-02-17** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-02-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-02-19** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-02-19** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-02-19** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-19** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-02-19** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-02-20** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-20** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-02-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-02-24** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-02-24** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-02-24** Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-24** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-02-26** Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
+- **2021-02-26** Tabled in Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `amendment-deferral`
+- **2021-03-02** Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
+- **2021-03-31** Amendments Available
+- **2021-03-31** Taken from Table in Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
+- **2021-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-07** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2021-04-07** 2nd Reading Passed as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-07** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-04-08** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-08** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-04-09** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-09** Referred to Committee - (S) Energy and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15** Hearing - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
+- **2021-04-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
+- **2021-04-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
+- **2021-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23** Returned to House
+- **2021-04-23** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-05-01** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-05-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-14** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8955a718-8922-4899-8b8c-884781c7ccd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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