---
type: "Bill"
title: "Revise laws related to approval of electricity supply resources"
description: "Revise laws related to approval of electricity supply resources"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 284"
citation: "Montana HB 284 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerry Schillinger"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 53
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-11-07T20:31:25+00:00"
last_action: "2023-04-26T18:51:20+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02cab287-e5d7-4898-9942-8ecd844fb009"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC0996"
source_hash: "72ea7bb79797e968d7f7070c48144d857022094bc24133c5e1f888b348592ac3"
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 284 (2023) — Revise laws related to approval of electricity supply resources

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0284.001.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6365)
2. **HB0284.001.012.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6364)
3. **HB0284.001.012_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6363)
4. **HB0284.002.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6360)
5. **HB0284.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6361)
6. **HB0284.002.002_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6362)
7. **HB0284_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6369)
8. **HB0284_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6368)
9. **HB0284_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6367)
10. **HB0284_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6366)
11. **HB284.2.2-authorization.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=6359)

## Votes

- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **43–6** (pass) · upper
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended — **10–2** (pass) · upper
- (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred — **99–1** (pass) · lower
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **77–22** (pass) · lower
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **43–7** (pass) · upper
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate — **90–8** (pass) · lower
- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **74–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jerry Schillinger — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-04-26T18:51:20+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-04-26T00:34:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-21T16:40:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20T22:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-20T20:40:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-18T20:12:33+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-18T16:19:18+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T22:13:00+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T21:33:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:34:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-07T16:16:29+00:00** (S) Returned to House with Amendments
- **2023-04-06T20:46:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-06T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05T19:56:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-31T19:32:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-31T17:17:57+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-03-30T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2023-03-28T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-14T18:16:10+00:00** (S) Hearing Canceled
- **2023-03-13T18:23:14+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-23T20:43:00+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23T16:22:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-02-22T21:30:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-21T20:56:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-02-20T18:12:55+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-16T20:11:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-15T21:37:17+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-01-25T22:00:20+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-01-20T20:11:49+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-01-20T18:38:37+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20T00:28:49+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-18T20:39:43+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-01-18T15:37:38+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-01-10T18:51:19+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-09T16:35:11+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-01-09T16:35:00+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-01-07T16:28:03+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-01-06T19:15:17+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-01-06T17:55:43+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-01-06T17:55:42+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-01-06T16:14:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-01-06T02:56:34+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-01-05T19:25:26+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-01-05T19:16:06+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2022-12-19T21:09:32+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-19T21:03:07+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-19T20:49:41+00:00** (C) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2022-12-07T22:23:07+00:00** (C) Draft On Hold
- **2022-11-07T20:31:25+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/02cab287-e5d7-4898-9942-8ecd844fb009`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).