--- type: "Bill" title: "Generally revise energy laws" description: "Generally revise energy laws" jurisdiction: "us/states/mt" legislature: "Montana Legislature" session: "2025" identifier: "SB 355" citation: "Montana SB 355 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Energy", "Utilities"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Wylie Galt"] version_count: 25 action_count: 39 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2024-09-27T13:03:41+00:00" last_action: "2025-05-08T21:03:14+00:00" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6de778ad-7aa2-4d53-a616-dee6617ee499" source_url: "https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC0326?open_tab=sum" source_hash: "a6681c069acda783d94a6bdd861f1bf89fed38982663863180a8eeba2baea633" 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 355 (2025) — Generally revise energy laws ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **LC0326.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283343) 2. **SB0355_1(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=285775) 3. **SB0355_1(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=292475) 4. **SB0355_1(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=300557) 5. **SB0355_1(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309141) 6. **SB0355_1(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309143) 7. **SB0355_1(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309144) 8. **SB0355_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=283719) 9. **SB0355_X(1).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309146) 10. **SB0355_X(10).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=320467) 11. **SB0355_X(11).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321864) 12. **SB0355_X(12).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321865) 13. **SB0355_X(13).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=321866) 14. **SB0355_X(14).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=324756) 15. **SB0355_X(15).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=325774) 16. **SB0355_X(16).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=327321) 17. **SB0355_X(2).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309147) 18. **SB0355_X(3).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309335) 19. **SB0355_X(4).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309336) 20. **SB0355_X(5).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309337) 21. **SB0355_X(6).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309340) 22. **SB0355_X(7).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309341) 23. **SB0355_X(8).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=310955) 24. **SB0355_X(9).pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=316892) 25. **SB0355_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://api.legmt.gov/docs/v1/documents/getContent?documentId=309145) ## Votes - do_pass — **13–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **98–1** (pass) · lower - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · upper - Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · lower - be_concurred_in — **13–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Wylie Galt — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-09-27T13:03:41+00:00** (LC) Drafter Assigned - **2024-09-27T13:03:41+00:00** (LC) Draft On Hold - **2025-02-06T22:59:23+00:00** (LC) Draft Taken Off Hold - **2025-02-08T15:57:58+00:00** (LC) Draft in Legal Review - **2025-02-10T18:45:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Edit - **2025-02-17T19:43:56+00:00** (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing - **2025-02-17T23:54:34+00:00** (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review - **2025-02-18T01:01:30+00:00** (LC) Draft in Assembly - **2025-02-18T17:21:22+00:00** (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery - **2025-02-18T18:06:03+00:00** (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester - **2025-02-18T20:20:38+00:00** (S) Introduced - **2025-02-19T20:09:05+00:00** (S) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-02-21T16:27:53+00:00** (S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `referral-committee` - **2025-02-25T22:02:20+00:00** (S) Hearing - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations - **2025-02-28T01:29:38+00:00** (S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `committee-passage` - **2025-02-28T20:08:00+00:00** (S) Committee Report--Bill Passed - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations `committee-passage` - **2025-03-03T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-03-03T21:30:00+00:00** (S) 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-03-04T20:00:00+00:00** (S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-03-04T22:16:00+00:00** (S) 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3` - **2025-03-04T23:15:57+00:00** (S) Transmitted to House - **2025-03-05T22:05:50+00:00** (H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee` - **2025-03-06T15:07:42+00:00** (H) First Reading `reading-1` - **2025-03-20T18:19:50+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations - **2025-03-24T20:09:34+00:00** (H) Hearing Canceled - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations - **2025-03-24T20:10:37+00:00** (H) Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations - **2025-03-28T21:48:13+00:00** (H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations - **2025-03-29T15:26:00+00:00** (H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations - **2025-04-10T14:30:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading `reading-2` - **2025-04-10T17:26:00+00:00** (H) 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2, reading-2` - **2025-04-11T21:00:00+00:00** (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading `reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:35:00+00:00** (H) 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3` - **2025-04-11T23:36:17+00:00** (S) Sent to Enrolling - **2025-04-12T19:55:45+00:00** (S) Returned from Enrolling - **2025-04-21T22:00:51+00:00** (S) Signed by President `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:00:00+00:00** (H) Signed by Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-25T22:43:07+00:00** (S) Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt` - **2025-05-05T18:54:00+00:00** (S) Signed by Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-05-08T21:03:14+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/6de778ad-7aa2-4d53-a616-dee6617ee499`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).