republic-os/legislation/us/states/mt/2017/sb-36.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Eliminate the electrical licensing exemption for grid-tied generation	Eliminate the electrical licensing exemption for grid-tied generation	us/states/mt	Montana Legislature	2017	SB 36	Montana SB 36 (2017)	bill	Energy Professions and Occupations Generally Professions and Occupations E-N	enacted	Duane Ankney	1	44	6	2016-09-13	2017-02-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8c5ffa66-943d-4241-9133-64798d8cb406	http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0424&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=	c3c1f4c7912ba59dd664c26af48f96fa40788385f752ef5c63ae67aedf8079cf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-mt

Montana SB 36 (2017) — Eliminate the electrical licensing exemption for grid-tied generation

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Concur — 84–15 (pass) · legislature
• BE CONCURRED IN — 15–1 (pass) · legislature
• Do Concur — 86–14 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 50–0 (pass) · legislature
• DO PASS — 13–0 (pass) · legislature
• Do Pass — 49–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Duane Ankney — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-09-13 Draft Request Received
• 2016-10-12 Draft to Requester for Review
• 2016-10-12 Draft in Legal Review
• 2016-10-16 Draft in Edit
• 2016-10-16 Draft in Edit
• 2016-10-19 Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
• 2016-10-28 Draft in Input/Proofing
• 2016-11-07 Draft in Final Drafter Review
• 2016-11-07 Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
• 2016-11-07 Executive Director Review
• 2016-11-07 Draft in Assembly
• 2016-11-09 Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
• 2016-11-09 Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
• 2016-12-08 Pre-Introduction Letter Sent
• 2016-12-09 Introduced introduction
• 2016-12-09 Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
• 2016-12-29 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-02 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-01-19 Hearing
• 2017-01-19 Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-01-20 Committee Report--Bill Passed committee-passage
• 2017-01-24 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-01-24 2nd Reading Passed reading-2
• 2017-01-25 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-01-25 3rd Reading Passed passage, reading-3
• 2017-01-25 Transmitted to House
• 2017-01-26 Referred to Committee referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 First Reading reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Hearing
• 2017-02-01 Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
• 2017-02-02 Committee Report--Bill Concurred
• 2017-02-03 Scheduled for 2nd Reading
• 2017-02-03 2nd Reading Concurred reading-2
• 2017-02-06 Scheduled for 3rd Reading
• 2017-02-06 3rd Reading Concurred passage, reading-3
• 2017-02-06 Returned to Senate
• 2017-02-07 Sent to Enrolling
• 2017-02-07 Returned from Enrolling
• 2017-02-07 Printed - Enrolled Version Available
• 2017-02-08 Signed by President
• 2017-02-09 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-09 Transmitted to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-02-13 Signed by Governor executive-signature
• 2017-02-13 Chapter Number Assigned

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c5ffa66-943d-4241-9133-64798d8cb406. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).