---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising energy procurement plan review"
description: "Revising energy procurement plan review"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 168"
citation: "Montana SB 168 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Legislature", "Legislature", "Interim Studies", "Rule Making", "State Government", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sue Malek"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2016-12-01"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/01f68691-3fb4-41b8-930f-18a27d5c0915"
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=LC1249&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "8c7595e5861edd401d90343aa85b0fe63f35ed42b86484876ad6728586ec135d"
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 SB 168 (2017) — Revising energy procurement plan review

## 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/SB0168.pdf)

## Votes

- Suspend Rules SB 168 -Malek — **25–19** (fail) · legislature
- Do Concur — **64–36** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **39–9** (pass) · legislature
- Suspend Rules SB 168 -Thomas — **33–15** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **13–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **57–43** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **36–12** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **16–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Sue Malek — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-01** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-01-24** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Edit
- **2017-01-25** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-25** Executive Director Review
- **2017-01-26** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-01-26** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-01-26** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-01-27** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-01-27** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-01-27** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-01-27** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-01-30** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-01** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-02-09** Hearing
- **2017-02-16** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-17** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-02-24** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-02-24** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-24** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-02-24** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-01** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-13** Hearing
- **2017-03-15** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-16** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-16** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-24** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-24** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-24** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-25** Motion Failed
- **2017-04-26** On Motion Rules Suspended
- **2017-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-26** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-27** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-28** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-05-04** Signed by President
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-22** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/01f68691-3fb4-41b8-930f-18a27d5c0915`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).