---
type: "Bill"
title: "Generally revise energy performance contracting laws"
description: "Generally revise energy performance contracting laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 195"
citation: "Montana SB 195 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Contracts (see also: Public Contracts)", "Energy", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jill Cohenour"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 63
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-11-14"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/550c1e44-67a0-4717-8c47-bf9ce697b3b0"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=195&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "bd0442597ddef5d931a599aa676f0fed5652c4fdc80a176cbe9b53f3e3ce3a4d"
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 195 (2019) — Generally revise energy performance contracting laws

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0195_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0195_1.pdf)
2. **SB0195_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0195_2.pdf)
3. **SB0195_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0195_3.pdf)
4. **SB0195_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0199//SB0195_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0195.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **71–26** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **32–16** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **74–26** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS — **9–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **10–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jill Cohenour — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2019-01-18** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-21** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-22** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-23** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-24** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-24** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-24** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-24** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-28** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-30** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-01-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-30** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-31** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-02-04** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-02-05** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-02-19** Hearing
- **2019-02-21** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-22** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-22** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-22** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2019-02-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-26** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-26** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-08** Hearing
- **2019-03-13** Tabled in Committee `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-03-20** Taken from Table in Committee
- **2019-03-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-21** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-23** Fiscal Note Unsigned
- **2019-03-23** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-25** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to House
- **2019-03-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-30** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-03** Hearing
- **2019-04-03** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-04** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-08** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-08** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-09** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-09** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-09** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-11** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-12** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-16** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-07** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-08** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/550c1e44-67a0-4717-8c47-bf9ce697b3b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).