---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide low-interest loans for coal-fired generation"
description: "Provide low-interest loans for coal-fired generation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 476"
citation: "Montana HB 476 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Rule Making", "State Finance (see also: Appropriations; Taxation Subjects)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Keane"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 49
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-07-29"
last_action: "2019-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/30273bc2-d962-4184-ad18-9ff49bb89651"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=476&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "7334fc9cb954f032e298467183d220e291b398a5c5d2fbefc5eb4bd0d0cded72"
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 476 (2019) — Provide low-interest loans for coal-fired generation

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0476_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0476_1.pdf)
2. **HB0476_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0476_2.pdf)
3. **HB0476_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0499//HB0476_x.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0476.pdf)

## Votes

- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **34–15** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **11–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **71–28** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **73–27** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **34–15** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jim Keane — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-07-29** Draft Request Received
- **2018-11-15** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-09** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-09** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-11** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-11** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-11** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-11** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-13** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-02-14** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-02-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-02-20** Hearing
- **2019-02-20** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-22** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-23** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-27** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-27** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-27** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-08** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-14** Hearing
- **2019-03-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-03-25** 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
- **2019-04-13** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-03** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/30273bc2-d962-4184-ad18-9ff49bb89651`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).