---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise utility electric cost recovery"
description: "Revise utility electric cost recovery"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 193"
citation: "Montana HB 193 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Rule Making", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Tom Woods"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 47
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-11-12"
last_action: "2017-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f90470b-d950-44b6-823f-4cf2c76c6469"
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=LC0772&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "06c28f2fd76f4d6968f31b055e9d10db27d7eaa2b9d7d69466332bec97d15860"
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 193 (2017) — Revise utility electric cost recovery

## 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/HB0193.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **67–32** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-2 Connell D/PASS — **21–29** (fail) · legislature
- Do Pass — **68–32** (pass) · legislature
- Take from Comm-Hinkle — **26–24** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **29–21** (pass) · legislature
- Take from Comm-Hinkle — **24–25** (fail) · legislature
- DO PASS — **14–1** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Tom Woods — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-12** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-01** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-02** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-02** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-03** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-01-03** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-03** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-03** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-03** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-04** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-04** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-04** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-05** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-05** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-05** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-06** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-06** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-11** Hearing
- **2017-01-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-01-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-01-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-01-31** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-01** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing
- **2017-03-28** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2017-04-13** Motion Failed
- **2017-04-18** Taken from Committee; Placed on 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Returned to House
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-20** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-20** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-29** Signed by President
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-08** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f90470b-d950-44b6-823f-4cf2c76c6469`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).