---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish solar consumer protection laws"
description: "Establish solar consumer protection laws"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 760"
citation: "Montana HB 760 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Consumer Protection", "Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["George Nikolakakos"]
version_count: 28
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-12-08T01:41:29+00:00"
last_action: "2025-05-19T20:29:01+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce242168-e163-4f53-9007-a20a98bc9d63"
source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2324?open_tab=sum"
source_hash: "81d6d33d812d7889a3bf52ae2af19b6ff44266d18e89d11906a689cde0ad4d08"
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 760 (2025) — Establish solar consumer protection laws

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0760_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288401)
2. **HB0760_1(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=293938)
3. **HB0760_1(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=294026)
4. **HB0760_1(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=306638)
5. **HB0760_1(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315427)
6. **HB0760_1(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315428)
7. **HB0760_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=288413)
8. **HB0760_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289513)
9. **HB0760_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289514)
10. **HB0760_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289515)
11. **HB0760_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289516)
12. **HB0760_1(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289517)
13. **HB0760_1(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289518)
14. **HB0760_1(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=289519)
15. **HB0760_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=287361)
16. **HB0760_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315430)
17. **HB0760_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=326555)
18. **HB0760_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327687)
19. **HB0760_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=317286)
20. **HB0760_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318085)
21. **HB0760_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=318086)
22. **HB0760_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320912)
23. **HB0760_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324369)
24. **HB0760_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325219)
25. **HB0760_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325220)
26. **HB0760_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325221)
27. **HB0760_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=315429)
28. **LC2324.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=286555)

## Votes

- be_concurred_in — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **99–0** (pass) · lower
- do_pass — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **49–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- George Nikolakakos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-08T01:41:29+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned
- **2024-12-08T01:41:29+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold
- **2025-02-20T23:36:49+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2025-02-21T00:18:19+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review
- **2025-02-21T13:22:31+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit
- **2025-02-24T17:13:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2025-02-24T19:57:08+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2025-02-24T20:39:44+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly
- **2025-02-24T22:49:11+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2025-02-25T18:01:17+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2025-02-25T18:58:32+00:00** (H) Introduced
- **2025-02-26T17:22:22+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26T20:05:50+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-02-28T17:39:55+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2025-03-04T16:42:49+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-04T20:46:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-05T20:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-03-06T02:08:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-03-07T15:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T17:06:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-03-07T18:00:00+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Senate
- **2025-03-15T00:39:56+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1`
- **2025-03-18T22:43:31+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01T19:52:38+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-04-08T21:18:20+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-04-09T19:48:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
- **2025-04-18T15:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2`
- **2025-04-18T18:33:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22T18:30:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:31:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2025-04-22T20:31:32+00:00** (H) Sent to Enrolling
- **2025-04-27T14:57:51+00:00** (H) Returned from Enrolling
- **2025-05-02T17:30:49+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-06T20:00:43+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage`
- **2025-05-07T15:03:52+00:00** (H) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-13T19:24:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19T20:29:01+00:00** 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/ce242168-e163-4f53-9007-a20a98bc9d63`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).