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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Revising licensing and oversight entity for medical marijuana testing labs"
+description: "Revising licensing and oversight entity for medical marijuana testing labs"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "HB 598"
+citation: "Montana HB 598 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Rule Making"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mike Hopkins"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 69
+vote_count: 11
+first_action: "2018-12-05"
+last_action: "2019-05-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71d82c31-6e14-42ef-97c6-38086d63df4b"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=598&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
+source_hash: "3921958e45e18728ec296e12ac32f277583d6dce3b4483c3f3865954aedc9989"
+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 598 (2019) — Revising licensing and oversight entity for medical marijuana testing labs
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0598_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0598_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0598_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0598_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0598_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0598_3.pdf)
+4. **HB0598_4.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0598_4.pdf)
+5. **HB0598_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0599//HB0598_x.pdf)
+6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0598.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass — **88–11** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **82–15** (pass) · lower
+- AMD-001 Cohenour D/PASS — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **90–9** (pass) · lower
+- BE CONCURRED IN — **7–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **42–8** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur As Amended — **47–3** (pass) · upper
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **88–11** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **18–4** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **91–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mike Hopkins — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-12-05** Draft Request Received
+- **2019-02-11** Draft On Hold
+- **2019-02-14** Draft Taken Off Hold
+- **2019-02-15** Draft to Requester for Review
+- **2019-02-15** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2019-02-16** Draft in Edit
+- **2019-02-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
+- **2019-02-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2019-02-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2019-02-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-16** Executive Director Review
+- **2019-02-18** Draft in Assembly
+- **2019-02-18** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2019-02-18** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2019-02-19** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2019-02-21** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-02-21** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-21** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2019-02-22** Legal Review Note
+- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-02-25** Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-02-26** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-02-27** Hearing
+- **2019-02-27** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-28** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-02-28** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-28** Hearing
+- **2019-02-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-28** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-02-28** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-02-28** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2019-03-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-03-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-03-01** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2019-03-07** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2019-03-09** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-12** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2019-03-14** Revised Fiscal Note Received
+- **2019-03-14** Revised Fiscal Note Signed
+- **2019-03-15** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2019-04-01** Hearing
+- **2019-04-05** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-05** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
+- **2019-04-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-10** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
+- **2019-04-10** 2nd Reading Concurred as Amended `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-10** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2019-04-12** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-12** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-12** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2019-04-16** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2019-04-16** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
+- **2019-04-17** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2019-04-17** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2019-04-17** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2019-04-23** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2019-04-23** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by President
+- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-09** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-20** Chapter Number Assigned
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71d82c31-6e14-42ef-97c6-38086d63df4b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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