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HB389 • 2025

Provide for setbacks for wind turbine generators

Provide for setbacks for wind turbine generators

Energy Technology
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Brandon Ler
Last action
2025-05-20
Official status
(H) Died in Process
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provide for setbacks for wind turbine generators

Provide for setbacks for wind turbine generators

What This Bill Does

  • Provide for setbacks for wind turbine generators

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Amendments

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COMMITTEE

Plain English: Amendment - 1st Reading-white - Requested by: Tom Millett - (H) Energy, Technology, and Federal Relations - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Griffin Burns, HB0389.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 389 1 HOUSE BILL NO.

  • Amendment - 1st Reading-white - Requested by: Tom Millett - (H) Energy, Technology, and Federal Relations - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Griffin Burns, HB0389.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 389 1 HOUSE BILL NO.
  • 389 2 INTRODUCED BY B.
  • LER, S.
  • KLAKKEN, J.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-20 HOUSE

    (H) Died in Process

  2. 2025-03-12 HOUSE

    (H) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal

  3. 2025-02-28 HOUSE

    (H) Tabled in Committee

  4. 2025-02-06 HOUSE

    (H) Hearing

  5. 2025-02-05 HOUSE

    (H) Introduced

  6. 2025-02-05 HOUSE

    (H) Referred to Committee

  7. 2025-02-05 HOUSE

    (H) First Reading

  8. 2025-02-03 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester

  9. 2025-01-28 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery

  10. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Legal Review

  11. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Edit

  12. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Input/Proofing

  13. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review

  14. 2025-01-27 HOUSE

    (LC) Draft in Assembly

  15. 2024-11-20 HOUSE

    (LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Provide for setbacks for wind turbine generators

Current Bill Text

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69th Legislature 2025 HB 389.1
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – HB 389
1 HOUSE BILL NO. 389
2 INTRODUCED BY B. LER, S. KLAKKEN, J. KASSMIER, B. PHALEN
3
4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT PROVIDING FOR SETBACKS FOR WIND TURBINE
5 GENERATORS.”
6
7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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9 NEW SECTION. Section 1. Required setback for wind turbine generators. After [the effective date
10 of this act], a wind turbine generator built pursuant to a wind energy agreement as described in 70-17-406 may
11 not be constructed if the base of the tower is located at a distance less than:
12 (1) 1,250 feet from the property line of any real property subject to a wind energy agreement as
13 described in 70-17-406 with the owner of the wind turbine generator;
14 (2) 3,000 feet from public roads and highways of this state as defined in 15-70-401;
15 (3) 7,920 feet from the property line of any real property not subject to a wind energy agreement
16 as described in 70-17-406 with the owner of the wind turbine generator.
17
18 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as a new
19 part in Title 75, chapter 26, and the provisions of Title 75, chapter 26, apply to [section 1].
20 - END -