---
type: "Bill"
title: "Appropriate money to assist/intervene/plan for closure of coal-fired generation"
description: "Appropriate money to assist/intervene/plan for closure of coal-fired generation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 22"
citation: "Montana HB 22 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Keane"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2016-09-13"
last_action: "2017-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe2cfc46-2cf7-4099-af28-7d1b5f6a605a"
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=LC0434&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "7bc299ec72663cd705c2d4774510ace17acf10da67cdd06a320c6374f2ec6d70"
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 22 (2017) — Appropriate money to assist/intervene/plan for closure of coal-fired 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/HB0022.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **18–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **15–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **85–13** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **84–16** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **98–2** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jim Keane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-09-13** Draft Request Received
- **2016-10-13** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2016-10-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2016-10-26** Draft in Edit
- **2016-10-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2016-10-28** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2016-11-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2016-11-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2016-11-08** Executive Director Review
- **2016-11-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2016-11-09** Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
- **2016-11-23** Introduced `introduction`
- **2016-11-23** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2016-12-07** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-16** Hearing
- **2017-01-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-01-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-01** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-07** Hearing
- **2017-02-13** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-14** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-02-17** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-18** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-09** Hearing
- **2017-03-14** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-15** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-17** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-17** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-17** Taken from 2nd Reading; Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing
- **2017-03-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-24** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-03-25** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-25** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-25** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2017-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-31** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-03** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-03** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-05** Signed by President
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-14** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe2cfc46-2cf7-4099-af28-7d1b5f6a605a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).