---
type: "Bill"
title: "Real meat act"
description: "Real meat act"
jurisdiction: "us/states/mt"
legislature: "Montana Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "HB 327"
citation: "Montana HB 327 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Health (see also: Health Care Services; Safety)", "Livestock (see also: Agriculture; Taxation--Agriculture/Livestock)", "Rule Making"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Redfield"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2018-11-16"
last_action: "2019-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ec7f49b-eb74-4220-ad34-c4c8a622fde9"
source_url: "http://laws.leg.mt.gov/legprd/LAW0210W$BSIV.ActionQuery?P_BILL_NO1=327&P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HB&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SESS=20191"
source_hash: "48e8d8fa7392ecc5c7b108af4f63dc1a49ee6d7bef3e2188e908eab9cd155285"
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 327 (2019) — Real meat act

## Version chain

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

1. **HB0327_1.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0327_1.pdf)
2. **HB0327_2.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0327_2.pdf)
3. **HB0327_3.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0327_3.pdf)
4. **HB0327_x.pdf** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/HB0399//HB0327_x.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://leg.mt.gov/bills/2019/billpdf/HB0327.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **87–13** (pass) · lower
- AMD-001 Olsen D/PASS — **44–56** (fail) · lower
- Do Concur — **45–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **46–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **75–21** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **86–12** (pass) · lower
- BE CONCURRED IN AS AMENDED — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Concur — **92–6** (pass) · lower
- DO PASS AS AMENDED — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Redfield — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-16** Draft Request Received
- **2018-12-06** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-07** Draft On Hold
- **2019-01-18** Draft Taken Off Hold
- **2019-01-21** Draft to Requester for Review
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Legal Review
- **2019-01-23** Draft in Edit
- **2019-01-24** Draft to Drafter - Edit Review [KWK]
- **2019-01-25** Draft in Input/Proofing
- **2019-01-25** Draft in Final Drafter Review
- **2019-01-25** Bill Draft Text Available Electronically
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft in Assembly
- **2019-01-28** Executive Director Final Review
- **2019-01-28** Draft Ready for Delivery
- **2019-01-28** Draft Delivered to Requester
- **2019-01-29** Introduced `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-29** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-01-29** Introduced Bill Text Available Electronically
- **2019-02-07** Hearing
- **2019-02-12** Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Committee Report--Bill Passed as Amended `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-02-15** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-02-15** 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Failed `amendment-failure`
- **2019-02-15** 2nd Reading Passed `reading-2`
- **2019-02-18** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-02-18** 3rd Reading Passed `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-18** Transmitted to Senate
- **2019-02-19** First Reading `reading-1`
- **2019-02-19** Referred to Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-12** Hearing
- **2019-03-19** Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-20** Printed - New Version Available
- **2019-03-20** Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
- **2019-03-22** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-22** 2nd Reading Concurred `reading-2`
- **2019-03-23** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-23** 3rd Reading Concurred `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-23** Returned to House with Amendments
- **2019-03-27** Scheduled for 2nd Reading
- **2019-03-27** 2nd Reading Senate Amendments Concurred `amendment-passage, amendment-amendment, reading-2`
- **2019-03-28** Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- **2019-03-28** 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Enrolling
- **2019-03-29** Returned from Enrolling
- **2019-03-29** Printed - Enrolled Version Available
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Signed by President
- **2019-04-10** Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-19** Chapter Number Assigned

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ec7f49b-eb74-4220-ad34-c4c8a622fde9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Montana legislature records).