16 April 2019 — 1818 mdt

How the Montana House voted on SB-331,
Tom Richmond’s sweetheart bill for Northwestern Energy

The MT House decisively rejected SB-331, Sen. Tom Richmond’s sweetheart bill for Northwestern Energy, 37–60 on its third reading today. Yesterday, while the future of HB-658 remained in doubt, the MT House approved SB-331 on its second reading 62–38.

Five Democrats, including the Flathead’s Rep. Dave Fern, who changed his vote from No to Yes, voted for SB-331 on the third reading. Twenty-three Republicans joined 37 Democrats in voting no. All Flathead Republicans except Rep. Frank Garner voted No.

The table below displays how the MT House voted on SB-33r1’s second and third readings, and can be downloaded as an Excel spreadsheet.

At the Montana Free Press, Leia Larsen has an outstanding report on the duplicitous campaign Northwestern has waged on SB-331.