HJ 17 Montana House · 2025 Regular Session

Resolution regarding energy

House Joint Resolution 17 is a resolution from the Montana Legislature urging the U.S. Congress and President to take actions to promote American energy production. It calls for reforming and streamlining federal permitting obligations and revising environmental regulations that are deemed not to align with national security interests. The resolution specifically recommends that the Environmental Protection Agency immediately review and potentially suspend, revise, or rescind certain power plant regulations issued in May 2024.
Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2025 Last action May 6, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a House Joint Resolution (HJR) to an Enrolled Bill format, with minor text adjustments including capitalization changes and removal of some formatting markers. The substantive policy content remains unchanged, focusing on urging federal energy reform and streamlining environmental regulations.
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Formatting changes from House Joint Resolution to Enrolled Bill format with adjusted header information and page numbering

Minor text capitalization changes in section headers and some WHEREAS clauses

Removal of formatting markers and adjustment of line breaks throughout the document

Floor votes · Senate Apr 18, 2025 · House Apr 25, 2025

How they voted

3515
Passed
Total votes 50
Apr 18, 2025
D Democratic18
3 Yea 15 Nay
83% Nay
R Republican32
32 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
39
Key actions
8
Committee
6
Amendments
1
May 6, 2025
Introduced
(H) Filed with Secretary of State
lower
May 6, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Signed by President
upper
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Signed by Speaker
lower
Apr 25, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (63-37)
house
Apr 22, 2025
Introduced
(S) Returned to House with Amendments
upper
Apr 18, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (35-15)
senate
Apr 16, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Report - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Apr 15, 2025
Upper · Passed
(S) Committee Executive Action - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
(S) Referred to Committee - (S) Energy, Technology & Federal Relations
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Report - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
(H) Committee Executive Action - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
lower
Feb 19, 2025
Committee
(H) Referred to Committee - (H) Energy, Technology and Federal Relations
lower
Feb 18, 2025
Introduced
(H) Introduced
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Steve Fitzpatrick
Steve Fitzpatrick
RRepublican
MT
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