---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide for loans to an owner of a coal-fired generating unit"
description: "Provide for loans to an owner of a coal-fired generating unit"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 585"
citation: "Montana HB 585 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Revenue", "State", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austin Knudsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-05-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f9edcba-c8d4-4049-a6ee-5bb2165091c4"
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=LC1945&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "9cf67c0e5e2d4b9bee0a770d41242f02ae0d4a66fc9c6c1f18e8b686efed3901"
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 585 (2017) — Provide for loans to an owner of a coal-fired generating unit

## 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/HB0585.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS — **9–7** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **31–19** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **61–37** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **35–15** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **65–34** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Austin Knudsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2017-03-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-03-07** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-03-07** Draft in Edit
- **2017-03-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-03-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-03-07** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-03-07** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-07** Executive Director Review
- **2017-03-07** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-03-07** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-03-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-03-10** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-03-13** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-03-13** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-13** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-13** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-03-16** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-03-17** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-03-20** Hearing
- **2017-03-20** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-23** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-03-24** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2017-03-28** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-28** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-06** Hearing
- **2017-04-06** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-12** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-12** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-13** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-13** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-18** Returned to House
- **2017-04-18** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-19** 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`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-10** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f9edcba-c8d4-4049-a6ee-5bb2165091c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).