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type: "Bill"
title: "Revise Renewable Portfolio Standard to include hydropower"
description: "Revise Renewable Portfolio Standard to include hydropower"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 475"
citation: "Montana HB 475 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Derek Skees"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 46
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-12-31"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17685f8-5e62-4ce8-8aec-ac917639c260"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=475&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
source_hash: "355d7a57e06c8a2f92eee143ff831871bc641aa3d4cf02ef28ae331a3cd2fbe7"
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 475 (2021) — Revise Renewable Portfolio Standard to include hydropower
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **HB0475_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0475_1.pdf)
2. **HB0475_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0475_2.pdf)
3. **HB0475_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0499//HB0475_X.pdf)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0475.pdf)
## Votes
- Do Concur — **3119** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6831** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **6931** (pass) · lower
- Do Concur — **3119** (pass) · upper
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **84** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN — **75** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Derek Skees — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-12-31** Draft Request Received
- **2021-02-12** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
- **2021-02-15** Draft in Edit
- **2021-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2021-02-17** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-17** Executive Director Review
- **2021-02-17** Draft in Assembly
- **2021-02-17** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-17** Executive Director Final Review
- **2021-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2021-02-18** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2021-02-18** Introduced `introduction`
- **2021-02-18** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2021-02-18** Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-18** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Hearing - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
- **2021-02-24** Amendments Available
- **2021-02-24** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-25** Printed - New Version Available
- **2021-03-01** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-03-01** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-02** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2021-03-02** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-02** Transmitted to Senate
- **2021-03-08** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2021-03-08** Referred to Committee - (S) Energy and Telecommunications `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Hearing - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
- **2021-04-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
- **2021-04-09** Committee Report--Bill Concurred - (S) Energy and Telecommunications
- **2021-04-14** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2021-04-15** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-15** Returned to House
- **2021-04-19** Sent to Enrolling
- **2021-04-23** Returned from Enrolling
- **2021-04-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2021-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Signed by President
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** 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/d17685f8-5e62-4ce8-8aec-ac917639c260`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).