---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revising county utility permitting laws"
description: "Revising county utility permitting laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 176"
citation: "Montana HB 176 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Highways and Roads", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Galloway"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-12-04T01:28:12+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-19T21:56:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c691dd3b-286b-4f4e-af8a-bffa48dbf3ba"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2805"
source_hash: "933f817a187f2cb59233ccd46c1dcb9ed81f6301f23b0b42b32ead9df370f4c7"
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 176 (2023) — Revising county utility permitting laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0176.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4271)
2. **HB0176.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4272)
3. **HB0176_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4273)
4. **HB0176_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4275)
5. **HB0176_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=4274)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **90–10** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **85–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Steven Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-19T21:56:20+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-19T15:55:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13T16:45:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-07T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-05T16:00:47+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-05T15:59:35+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-03-28T22:00:52+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-03-28T20:44:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-28T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-27T19:17:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-27T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-22T21:22:31+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-03-21T20:13:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-21T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-20T20:00:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-16T19:16:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-16T19:00:00+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-15T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-15T13:30:03+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-03-14T15:00:39+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-01-26T20:37:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-26T20:30:00+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25T22:42:35+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-01-25T21:18:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-01-24T21:36:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20T20:23:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-19T23:53:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2023-01-12T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-06T20:56:25+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-06T19:05:01+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-05T00:15:00+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-05T00:14:33+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-03T21:42:12+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2022-12-30T00:10:37+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-29T19:06:22+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2022-12-29T19:06:07+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2022-12-28T21:49:45+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2022-12-27T17:44:33+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2022-12-27T17:09:36+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2022-12-27T17:09:35+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2022-12-21T23:49:18+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2022-12-21T22:19:49+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2022-12-21T20:01:40+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2022-12-21T19:13:58+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-20T19:06:34+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-12-19T22:15:57+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-04T01:28:12+00:00** (C) Draft Request Received `receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c691dd3b-286b-4f4e-af8a-bffa48dbf3ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).