---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish metering requirements for utilities"
description: "Establish metering requirements for utilities"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 267"
citation: "Montana HB 267 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Privacy", "Rule Making", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Daniel Zolnikov"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 51
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74cec9e7-c176-4bf8-ba45-b538e651ac30"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=267&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "9334eaea308f769345593deb778902753950713646e9f79cf6ea5fbf5981526e"
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 267 (2019) — Establish metering requirements for utilities

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB0267_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0267_1.pdf)
2. **HB0267_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0267_2.pdf)
3. **HB0267_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0299//HB0267_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0267.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Daniel Zolnikov — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-27** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-04** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-05** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-15** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-18** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-19** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-21** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-21** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-22** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-22** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-23** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-23** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-23** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-25** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-01-28** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-01-28** Hearing
- **2019-01-29** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-14** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-15** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-15** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-21** Hearing
- **2019-03-26** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-26** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-01** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-02** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Returned to House
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-05** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-08** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-11** Signed by President
- **2019-04-11** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74cec9e7-c176-4bf8-ba45-b538e651ac30`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).