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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Generally revise marijuana laws."
+description: "Generally revise marijuana laws."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
+legislature: "Montana Legislature"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "HB 655"
+citation: "Montana HB 655 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcohol and Drugs", "Labor and Employment (see also: Unemployment Insurance; Workers' Comp)", "Revenue", "State", "Workers' Compensation (see also: Labor and Employment)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Edward Buttrey"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 54
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2020-09-22"
+last_action: "2021-05-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a1e8dcb-bd4c-4ac7-a1b1-9023e04c71a8"
+source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=655&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20211"
+source_hash: "d16d0cb1298869c038e0bf838c270374e5b8d285c3bb65e3715211d6eb5a06cc"
+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 655 (2021) — Generally revise marijuana laws.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **HB0655_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0655_1.pdf)
+2. **HB0655_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0655_2.pdf)
+3. **HB0655_X.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/HB0699//HB0655_X.pdf)
+4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2021/billpdf/HB0655.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Concur — **69–31** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **75–24** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **67–32** (pass) · lower
+- DO PASS — **12–8** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass — **69–28** (pass) · lower
+- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper
+- Do Concur — **27–23** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Edward Buttrey — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-09-22** Draft Request Received
+- **2021-03-16** Draft in Legal Review
+- **2021-03-16** Draft in Edit
+- **2021-03-16** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review
+- **2021-03-16** Draft in Input/Proofing
+- **2021-03-16** Draft in Final Drafter Review
+- **2021-03-16** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-03-16** Executive Director Review
+- **2021-03-17** Draft in Assembly
+- **2021-03-17** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-03-17** Executive Director Final Review
+- **2021-03-17** Draft Ready for Delivery
+- **2021-03-17** Draft Delivered to Requester
+- **2021-03-19** Introduced `introduction`
+- **2021-03-19** Fiscal Note Requested
+- **2021-03-19** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
+- **2021-03-22** Referred to Committee - (H) Business and Labor `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-22** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** Hearing - (H) Business and Labor
+- **2021-03-25** Fiscal Note Received
+- **2021-03-25** Fiscal Note Unsigned
+- **2021-03-25** Fiscal Note Printed
+- **2021-03-29** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-29** Committee Report--Bill Passed - (H) Business and Labor `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-03-31** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-01** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-01** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01** Transmitted to Senate
+- **2021-04-06** First Reading `reading-1`
+- **2021-04-06** Referred to Committee - (S) Business, Labor, and Economic Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-08** Amendments Available
+- **2021-04-12** Rereferred to Committee - (S) Select Committee on Marijuana Law `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-13** Hearing - (S) Select Committee on Marijuana Law
+- **2021-04-20** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Select Committee on Marijuana Law
+- **2021-04-21** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended - (S) Select Committee on Marijuana Law
+- **2021-04-21** Printed - New Version Available
+- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-23** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
+- **2021-04-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-23** Returned to House with Amendments
+- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
+- **2021-04-26** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-26** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
+- **2021-04-26** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-04-26** Sent to Enrolling
+- **2021-05-01** Returned from Enrolling
+- **2021-05-01** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-05-04** Signed by President
+- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-05-14** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-14** Chapter Number Assigned `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a1e8dcb-bd4c-4ac7-a1b1-9023e04c71a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).
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