---
type: "Bill"
title: "Provide fees in statute for licensure as retail food establishment"
description: "Provide fees in statute for licensure as retail food establishment"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 254"
citation: "Montana SB 254 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Health Care Services (see also: Health)", "Revenue", "State"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Blasdel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-11-14"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e901127e-11be-456c-9123-76643ec167f9"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_SESS=20171&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=&P_BILL_NO=&P_BILL_DFT_NO=LC0809&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "8de3d0a715978559acd5fdc24c06c82bf50438e8b5077109f66e0bc0c56054d7"
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 SB 254 (2017) — Provide fees in statute for licensure as retail food establishment

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2017/BillPdf/SB0254.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **91–9** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **96–3** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **40–10** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **39–11** (pass) · legislature
- DO PASS — **8–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN — **16–3** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mark Blasdel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-11-14** Draft Request Received
- **2016-11-16** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-31** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2017-02-03** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-06** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-06** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-07** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [CMD]
- **2017-02-07** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-08** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-08** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-08** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-08** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-08** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-08** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-13** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-14** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-14** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-14** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-15** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-15** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-21** Fiscal Note Signed
- **2017-02-21** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-07** Hearing
- **2017-03-08** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-08** Sponsors Engrossed
- **2017-03-09** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-09** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-10** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-10** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-21** Hearing Canceled
- **2017-03-29** Hearing
- **2017-03-31** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred
- **2017-03-31** Committee Report--Bill Concurred
- **2017-04-07** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-07** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-10** Returned to Senate
- **2017-04-11** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-11** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2017-04-12** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-05-01** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-05** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e901127e-11be-456c-9123-76643ec167f9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).