# Montana SB 36: Remove expired contingency language related to generating unit closure

Montana SB 36, Remove expired contingency language related to generating unit closure, is a 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Daniel Emrich (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-04-17 (Chapter Number Assigned) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Montana SB 36
- State: Montana
- Session: 69th Legislature, Regular Session (2025)
- Title: Remove expired contingency language related to generating unit closure
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2024-12-12
- Last action: 2025-04-17, Chapter Number Assigned
- Sponsor: Daniel Emrich (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Subjects: Energy, Education - K-12, Education - School Finance
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 4 (296 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- No payback on coal-closure school grants: benefit, low. The law keeps the coal-fired unit closure block grant for certain school districts. Districts qualify only if their FY2017 taxable value included a coal unit of at least 200 megawatts, placed in service before 1980, that retired or was planned to retire on or before July 1, 2022. Each eligible dist…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Daniel Emrich (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Mark Thane (Democrat), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-29 | House | Do Concur | pass | 96 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-28 | House | Do Concur | pass | 100 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-21 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-20 | Senate | Do Pass | pass | 50 | 0 |   |

## Actions (27)

- 2025-04-17: Chapter Number Assigned (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Signed by Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Transmitted to Governor (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Signed by Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-02: Signed by President (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Returned from Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-29: Sent to Enrolling (Senate)
- 2025-03-29: 3rd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-28: 2nd Reading (House)
- 2025-03-24: Committee Report (House)
- 2025-03-21: Committee Executive Action (House)
- 2025-03-17: Hearing (House)
- 2025-01-22: 1st Reading (House)
- 2025-01-22: Referred to Committee (House)
- 2025-01-21: Transmitted to House (Senate)
- 2025-01-21: 3rd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-20: 2nd Reading (Senate)
- 2025-01-17: Committee Report (Senate)
- 2025-01-16: Committee Executive Action (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: Fiscal Note Printed (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: Fiscal Note Unsigned (Senate)
- 2025-01-10: Hearing (Senate)
- 2025-01-08: Fiscal Note Received (Senate)
- 2025-01-07: Referred to Committee (Senate)
- 2025-01-06: 1st Reading (Senate)
- 2024-12-18: Fiscal Note Requested (Senate)
- 2024-12-12: Introduced (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled, 2025-04-15: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=370ddfc6-61e0-4fd9-a36c-e7e5fc90e8e7)
- Introduced, 2024-12-12: [PDF](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=fdfb638d-39aa-4873-b7b8-895d3b59afef)

## Related bills

- SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law (signed)
- HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit (vetoed)
- HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws (vetoed)
- SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act (vetoed)
- SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program (vetoed)
- SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer (vetoed)

## Sources
- [Enrolled (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=370ddfc6-61e0-4fd9-a36c-e7e5fc90e8e7)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://docs.legmt.gov/download-ticket?ticketId=fdfb638d-39aa-4873-b7b8-895d3b59afef)

## Related
- [SB 437: Revise definition of sex in Montana law](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB437-2025)
- [HB 831: Increase elderly homeowner and renter income tax credit](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB831-2025)
- [HB 628: Revise early literacy targeted intervention laws](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-HB628-2025)
- [SB 410: Provide for Montana genomic security act](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB410-2025)
- [SB 424: Revising the disabled veteran property tax assistance program](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB424-2025)
- [SB 422: Generally revise laws relating to insurance coverage relating to cancer](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB422-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MT-SB36-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).