---
type: "Bill"
title: "Establish the Montana Pulse Crop Committee"
description: "Establish the Montana Pulse Crop Committee"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2017"
identifier: "SB 285"
citation: "Montana SB 285 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture (see also: Livestock; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Appropriations (see also: State Finance)", "Revenue", "State", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lang"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 66
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ab878e4-8549-4231-848e-489a3cabd111"
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=LC1714&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ="
source_hash: "256272b4ac0a4c964f69428432258066525d9f42a9ca82cbf82d52c066c595bf"
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 285 (2017) — Establish the Montana Pulse Crop Committee

## 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/SB0285.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Concur — **97–2** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **22–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **91–8** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **48–1** (pass) · legislature
- AMD-002 Olsen D/PASS — **39–61** (fail) · legislature
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **11–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **99–1** (pass) · legislature
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **21–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass — **50–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Concur — **50–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Mike Lang — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Draft Request Received
- **2017-01-17** Draft On Hold
- **2017-01-28** Fiscal Note Probable
- **2017-02-08** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Legal Review
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Edit
- **2017-02-13** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [SMH]
- **2017-02-13** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2017-02-14** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-14** Executive Director Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft in Assembly
- **2017-02-14** Executive Director Final Review
- **2017-02-14** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2017-02-15** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2017-02-15** Introduced `introduction`
- **2017-02-15** Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-02-15** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2017-02-16** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-02-16** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-20** Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-02-21** Hearing
- **2017-02-23** Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-03-07** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-03-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-03-10** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-11** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-03-11** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-03-11** Transmitted to House
- **2017-03-14** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-03-23** Hearing
- **2017-03-28** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-30** Revised Fiscal Note Requested
- **2017-03-30** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-03-30** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-03** Revised Fiscal Note Received
- **2017-04-05** Revised Fiscal Note Printed
- **2017-04-10** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-10** Rereferred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Hearing
- **2017-04-11** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2017-04-12** Printed - New Version Available
- **2017-04-18** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-18** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-19** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2017-04-19** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-19** Returned to Senate with Amendments
- **2017-04-20** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading Passed Consideration `reading-2`
- **2017-04-20** 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, reading-2, amendment-amendment`
- **2017-04-20** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House `passage, reading-3`
- **2017-04-20** Sent to Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Returned from Enrolling
- **2017-04-21** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **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/3ab878e4-8549-4231-848e-489a3cabd111`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).