---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise community renewable energy project requirements"
description: "Revise community renewable energy project requirements"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 237"
citation: "Montana SB 237 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Douglas (Doug) Kary"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 47
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-11-11"
last_action: "2021-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78a65563-a010-48fd-8358-e20bcbcee337"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=237&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=SB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "1d98121b954a74393a247600d6f6cfb8152a580cc8a647694e6a85318862db6a"
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 237 (2021) — Revise community renewable energy project requirements

## Version chain

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

1. **SB0237_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0237_1.pdf)
2. **SB0237_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0237_2.pdf)
3. **SB0237_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/SB0299//SB0237_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/SB0237.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **30–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **31–19** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **66–32** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **8–5** (pass) · upper
- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **69–31** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Douglas (Doug) Kary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-11-11** Draft Request Received
- **2020-12-21** Draft On Hold
- **2021-02-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-08** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-08** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-10** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-10** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-10** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-10** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-10** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-10** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-11** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-12** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-12** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-12** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Committee - (S) Energy and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-12** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-18** Hearing - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
- **2021-02-23** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-23** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Energy and Telecommunications `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-02-24** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (S) Energy and Telecommunications `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to House
- **2021-03-02** Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2021-04-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2021-04-13** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-04-20** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-20** Returned to Senate
- **2021-04-21** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-26** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-28** Signed by President
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-04** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/78a65563-a010-48fd-8358-e20bcbcee337`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).