---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise income tax credit for alternative energy generation"
description: "Revise income tax credit for alternative energy generation"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 337"
citation: "Montana SB 337 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Revenue", "State", "Taxation (Generally)", "Taxation--Individual Income"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jeffery W Welborn"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-11-13"
last_action: "2019-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c23fa97f-98ac-4e41-b407-2f4ce26cdce0"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=337&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "885b73e2681d723c47e9ca1f8816f2b60948811c9ffbde4455883f40e6af495c"
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 337 (2019) — Revise income tax credit for alternative energy generation

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0337_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0337_1.pdf)
2. **SB0337_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/SB0399//SB0337_x.pdf)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/SB0337.pdf)

## Votes

- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **93–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **93–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS — **13–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jeffery W Welborn — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-13** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-01** Draft On Hold
- **2019-02-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-02-19** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-02-19** Draft in Edit
- **2019-02-26** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-02-26** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-02-26** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-02-26** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-26** Executive Director Review
- **2019-02-26** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-02-27** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-02-27** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-03-13** Draft Back for Redo
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-03-14** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2019-03-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-03-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-03-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-03-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-03-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2019-03-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-03-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-03-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Received
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2019-03-22** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2019-03-23** Hearing
- **2019-03-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-03-29** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-29** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-29** Transmitted to House
- **2019-04-02** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Hearing Canceled
- **2019-04-10** Hearing
- **2019-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-11** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2019-04-13** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-04-13** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-04-15** Returned to Senate
- **2019-04-15** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-04-16** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-24** 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/c23fa97f-98ac-4e41-b407-2f4ce26cdce0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).