---
type: "Bill"
title: "Providing for advanced conductor cost-effectiveness criteria"
description: "Providing for advanced conductor cost-effectiveness criteria"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 729"
citation: "Montana HB 729 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steven Galloway"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-12-04T01:54:37+00:00"
last_action: "2023-05-19T19:24:05+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d435f027-0046-45b2-81ca-086635c1602a"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/bill/20231/LC2832"
source_hash: "45093daef373bd52cbe7a6498d0c605cda55a78efdecab614ad1d57e176479ea"
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 729 (2023) — Providing for advanced conductor cost-effectiveness criteria

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0729.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-condensed.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10585)
2. **HB0729.001.001_Amendments-in-Context_final-full.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10586)
3. **HB0729_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10589)
4. **HB0729_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10587)
5. **HB0729_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=10588)

## Votes

- (H) 3rd Reading Passed — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- (H) 2nd Reading Passed — **100–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) 3rd Reading Concurred — **50–0** (pass) · upper
- (S) 2nd Reading Concurred — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred — **11–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steven Galloway — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-05-19T19:24:05+00:00** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
- **2023-05-18T23:36:34+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-08T16:20:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-04T18:00:00+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-04-29T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-26T22:03:45+00:00** (C) Printed - Enrolled Version Available `enrolled`
- **2023-04-26T22:03:44+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2023-04-17T15:29:06+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2023-04-14T22:18:53+00:00** (S) Returned to House
- **2023-04-13T20:23:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-04-13T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12T19:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-04-12T19:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-04-05T19:31:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2023-04-04T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2023-03-30T21:00:00+00:00** (S) Hearing
- **2023-03-20T23:48:54+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-10T00:13:29+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03T21:35:26+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2023-03-03T17:08:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-03-03T16:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2023-03-02T23:01:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2023-03-02T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2023-03-01T15:34:39+00:00** (C) Printed - New Version Available
- **2023-02-28T22:49:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-28T03:09:00+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-27T22:00:43+00:00** (H) Hearing
- **2023-02-26T20:59:29+00:00** (C) Amendments Available
- **2023-02-22T20:10:03+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2023-02-22T19:33:28+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-22T04:43:40+00:00** (C) Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-22T01:18:57+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2023-02-20T20:01:08+00:00** (C) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2023-02-19T23:17:21+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T19:31:55+00:00** (C) Executive Director Final Review
- **2023-02-19T19:31:50+00:00** (C) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2023-02-19T18:47:24+00:00** (C) Draft in Assembly
- **2023-02-19T18:30:53+00:00** (C) Executive Director Review
- **2023-02-18T23:50:05+00:00** (C) Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2023-02-18T23:50:04+00:00** (C) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2023-02-18T22:31:12+00:00** (C) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2023-02-18T18:55:48+00:00** (C) Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2023-02-16T21:45:27+00:00** (C) Draft in Edit
- **2023-02-16T01:42:46+00:00** (C) Draft in Legal Review
- **2023-02-01T18:46:55+00:00** (C) Draft to Requester for Review
- **2022-12-04T01:54:37+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/d435f027-0046-45b2-81ca-086635c1602a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).